Former HP data center sold
POSTED: Friday, June 3, 2011 at 07:10 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Hewlett-Packard
The former Hewlett-Packard data center at 9700 W. Bethel Court, Boise, has a new owner. The Benaroya Co. and Real Property Investors, doing business as BCC RPI Boise LLC, bought the 60,252-square-foot building from Hewlett-Packard.
Benaroya plans to lease the facility to tenants who need data center space, spokesman Marc Nemirow said. Tenants will use the [...]
HP’s higher earnings bode well for Boise Valley 
POSTED: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 12:17 PM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Co. grew earnings and net revenue in the Jan. 31 quarter, which bodes well for the Boise-area economy.
“When they have positive news to report and their financial situation is improving, it’s a good sign for our local economy,” said Ben Quintana, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce spokesman. Hewlett-
Quintana said strong financial results for HP, [...]
Boise faces talent crunch
POSTED: Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 09:15 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Balihoo Inc., Boise Young Professionals, City of Boise, CLM Marketing & Advertising, Dell Inc., EMSI, Hewlett-Packard, Idaho Department of Labor, WhiteCloud Analytics
Jon Carter hated to leave Boise, but he didn’t feel like he could risk staying around.
Carter, who moved to the city in 2000 to take a job with the mobile software company Extended Systems and later worked as a product manager for Hewlett Packard, had too many friends who lost their six-figure-salary jobs and were [...]
Boise startup makes mark with finance, health care apps
POSTED: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at 10:52 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: apps, Extended Systems, Hewlett-Packard, TouMetis
Apps to pay bills, track household spending and tally budgets have flooded the smart phone market, but one Boise startup is the first to put those tasks into a single icon.
The company, TouMetis, recently partnered with Yodlee, a Redwood City, Calif., software developer that has created online billing tools for many of the country’s biggest financial [...]
H-P CEO Hurd resigns
POSTED: Friday, August 6, 2010 at 02:43 PM PTBY: The Associated Press
Tags: H-P, Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard says CEO Mark Hurd is stepping down following a sexual-harassment probe that found other violations of company standards.
Hewlett-Packard Co. says Hurd decided to leave after the investigation into a sexual-harassment claim made against him and the company by a former HP contractor. The probe concludes that the company’s sexual-harassment policy was not violated, but [...]
HP Boise employees reach out to small businesses
POSTED: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:41 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Ben Quintana, Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce, Cece Gassner, City of Boise, Hewlett-Packard, small business
A new tool in the small-business toolbox will be available soon in the Boise area, brought to you in part by employees of Hewlett-Packard Co. in Boise. The City of Boise and the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce are on board with the effort, known as the HP Business Advocate Program.
Participants view it as a [...]
Boise company busy buying, turning around, businesses
POSTED: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 11:25 AM PTBY: Brad Carlson
Tags: Brigham Young University, financing, Harvard University, HB Ventures, Hewlett-Packard
HB Ventures, a year-old Boise business that buys other businesses and turns them around, sees the tough economy from all sides.
The HB Ventures portfolio comprises two acquired Huntington Learning Centers locations in Boise, one in Eagle, and one in Draper, Utah; a recently launched Huntington Supplemental Education Services franchise serving Idaho and Utah; HB Ventures [...]
Printer companies adapting to tech, other trends
POSTED: Monday, February 8, 2010 at 08:19 AM PTBY: Zach Hagadone
Tags: Hewlett-Packard, Memjet
Ink smudges, paper jams, dry cartridges, empty trays – just a few of the hassles that businesses go through every day with their printers. And that’s not to mention the cost of buying and maintaining equipment, keeping reams of paper on hand, and worrying that you’re destroying the planet.
Given all that – and combined with [...]
Engineering day looks to ignite future engineers
POSTED: Monday, January 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Boise State, Hewlett-Packard, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Power, Micron, Micron Foundation, United Water, University of Idaho, URS
Kids in preschool through high school will have the chance to participate in the world of engineering this weekend. Discover Engineering Day is coming to Boise State University Saturday, Jan. 30.
Activities include a presentation by astronaut Barbara Morgan, an opportunity to test drive Micron’s pico projector technology, a radio demonstration, a wind turbine building workshop, [...]
