Capella's former role of president was not filled as the executives who reported to him then reported directly to the CEO. Fiorina helmed HP for nearly three years after Capellas left. Several senior executives from the Compaq side including Jeff Clarke and Peter Blackmore would resign or be ousted from the post-merger HP. Though the combination of both companies' PC manufacturing capacity initially made it the number one, it soon lost the lead and further market share to Dell which squeezed HP on low end PCs.
The Inquirer noted that the continued low return on investment and small margins of HP's personal computer manufacturing business, now named the Personal Systems Group, "continues to be what it was in the individual companies, not much more than a job creation scheme for its employees".
In February , the Board of Directors ousted Fiorina. Hewlett Packard's PC business has since been reinvigorated by Hurd's restructuring and now generates more revenue than the traditionally more profitable printers.
By late , HP had retaken the 1 sales position of PCs from Dell, which struggled with missed estimates and poor quality, and has held that rank ever since.
Most Compaq products have been re-branded with the HP nameplate, such as the company's market leading ProLiant server line, while the Compaq brand remains on only some consumer-oriented and budget products, notably Compaq Presario PCs.
All Compaq computers now ship with HP software. In , HP reshuffled its business line notebooks. In , the last Compaq Presario branded laptop was produced at an HP computer assembly facility in China. HP was still selling more PCs than any other vendor, shipping Compaq World Headquarters now HP United States' campus consisted of 80 acres , m 2 of land which contained 15 office buildings, 7 manufacturing buildings, a product conference center, an employee cafeteria, mechanical laboratories, warehouses, and chemical handling facilities.
Instead of headquartering the company in a downtown Houston skyscraper, then-CEO Rod Canion chose a West Coast-style campus surrounded by forests, where every employee had similar offices and no-one not even the CEO had a reserved parking spot.
On August 31, , the Compaq Commons was opened in the headquarters campus, which featured a conference center, an employee convenience store, a wellness center, and an employee cafeteria. Since , with a struggling Gateway was taken over by eMachines, this left only Dell as Compaq's major competitor, however Dell became the number one supplier of PCs in At the time of their merger, Compaq and HP were the second and third largest PC manufacturers, so their combination made them number one.
However, the combined HP-Compaq struggled and fell to second place behind Dell from During its existence as a division of HP, Compaq primarily competed against other budget-oriented personal computer series from manufacturers including Acer, Lenovo , and Toshiba. HP inherited and continued the sponsorship deal for a few years. Thamrin FE Univ. Chat WhatsApp. Compaq Computer Corporation The present logo. Houston portal Companies portal Computer Science portal.
September 3, Retrieved October 4, The New York Times. The Verge. Retrieved Capellas President and Chief Executive Officer". Accessed September 6, USA Today. The New York Times Topics. October 25, October 26, April 2, November 6, August 16, Business Insider.
Retrieved April 25, Retrieved April 20, April 19, Computergram International. The Inquirer. September 4, The Denver Post. February 9, Lone Star College System. August 18, Retrieved on August 9, Dusk Before the Dawn. Raymond J. Babbio, Jr. Sari M. Baldauf Rajiv L. Gupta John H. Hammergren G. Kennedy Thompson Gary M. Reiner Patricia F. Young Lewis E. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Program Reguler. Program Pascasarjana. Pendaftaran Online. Perkuliahan Karyawan. Program Pascasarjana S2. Chatting dengan staf Kuliah Karyawan silakan klik di bawah ini. Rangkuman Informasi di : Informasi karir. Reguler P2R. Karyawan P2K. Chatting dengan Staf :. Pilih Bahasa :. Sebelumnya Compactness theorem. Comparative genomics Berikutnya. Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation The present logo. Tandem Computers, Digital Equipment Corporation.
Contents 1 History 1. Houston portal. Companies portal. Computer Science portal. VoodooPC Logoworks. Muhammadiyah Smrg Univ. Chatting dengan staf Kuliah Karyawan. Daftar Situs Kelas Ekstensi. Daftar Situs Kelas Reguler. Daftar Situs Program S Daftar Web Ensiklopedia. List Web Ensiklopedi Dunia.
Situs2 Forum Debat. Situs2 Iklan Baris. Situs2 Jobs. Jaringan Web Gilland Group. Tabel Website Barterlink. Konsultan Pendidikan Tinggi. Konten Lain silakan klik. Thamrin Jakarta - Kampus I : Jl. Ketintang No. Mesjid No. Cikole, Kota Sukabumi, Jawa Barat 8. Raya Cileungsi - Jonggol Km. Cileungsi , Kab. Bogor - Jawa Barat 9. Swasembada No. Karyamulya, Kec. Kesambi, Kota Cirebon, Jawa Barat Raya Al Kamal No.
Juanda No. Pfeiffer spent much effort and resources, building up a network engineering division. Starting in , Compaq went on what seemed to be a buying spree. That was quickly followed by picking up Microcom later that year and NetWorth in to bolster its networking division.
The DEC buyout was the largest merger in the history of the computer industry, but it would turn out to be an abysmal decision. On paper, Digital would provide Compaq the leverage to gain notoriety in the high-end corporate and enterprise market, but that never panned out.
The new subsidiary had a chip making division, however Compaq had no interest in making silicon or competing against Intel, and DEC chips were not compatible with its computers. DEC also made minicomputers, something that Compaq also was not interested in doing. Enterprise consulting was another of Digital's profitable divisions, but simply not something Compaq wanted.
So it was an all-around incompatible acquisition. Compaq silicon photo. Image: Raimond Spekking. The DEC acquisition was arguably the beginning of the end for Compaq. As it goes, when one company takes over another, workspace cultures collide. A large number of layoffs occurred, and company morale tanked. The shakeup led to missed deadlines and unmoved products.
The company shipped way to many units to retailers, who ultimately had to dump the surplus at ridiculously low prices. Compaq had long supported its dealers by absorbing such markdowns, so the mistake cost the company millions.
It also created conflicts with partners such as Microsoft. In , Compaq's board of directors felt that Pfeiffer had become out of touch with rank-and-file employees. New leadership was in order to mend fences with partners and improve the company's morale.
So board chair Ben Rosen moved to replace Pfeiffer, a decision the board unanimously approved. Michael Capellas replaced Pfeiffer. Before his promotion, Capellas briefly seven weeks served as COO and as chief information officer before that.
However, shifting management proved to be a case of too little, too late. Shares in Compaq had already dropped nearly 50 percent, leading to merger negotiations with rival Hewlett Packard. These talks led to further conflict within the company. The board was equally divided regarding the possible merger, and when it came to a vote, the decision just barely passed.
Compaq shareholders retained 36 percent of the merged company while HP held the remaining 64 percent. Furthering tension saw the Compaq brand losing even more market share to its competitors. Growth in the Compaq division dwindled, and Dell subsequently surpassed it in sales. So HP decided to pull Compaq into its own computer line as a low-end "budget" brand. Of course, this was akin to a snake eating its tail as the Compaq line suffered quality issues caused by the intracompany competition.
Compaq still retained its name through the mids, but slowly HP began rebranding its products under its HP Elitebook and HP Probook lines, and by it discontinued the Compaq line. The brand did not completely go away, however. In , Argentinian company Grupo Newsan licensed the name to manufacture Compaq laptops in Argentina. It produced two new lines of Presario notebooks in By Newsan completely abandoned the Compaq brand. The story of key hardware and electronics companies that at one point were leaders and pioneers in the tech industry, but are now defunct.
We cover the most prominent part of their history, innovations, successes and controversies.
0コメント