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Article: Hurd takes Hewlett-Packard from 'dinosaur' to tech-industry dynamo.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- April 15, 2007
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Byline: Therese Poletti
Apr. 15--Last year, amid the din of its boardroom-spying scandal, Hewlett-Packard quietly achieved a milestone: It edged out IBM in 2006 revenue, becoming the world's largest tech company.
But in keeping with the no-nonsense style of Chief Executive Mark Hurd, there were no high-fives or laudatory e-mails to employees. In Hurd's HP, the goal is to keep moving forward. As this turnaround master enters his third year at the helm of the computer and printer giant, it is clear that his nose-to-the-grindstone focus is yielding remarkable success.
HP's stock is up 88 percent since Hurd arrived from NCR. The Palo Alto company ...