HP in New England

Local press coverage, 2006

» Australian Marathoners Drop By Middle School

The middle school received a little visit from down under yesterday when four members of the Australians¹ Boston Marathon running team stopped by. The day, dubbed “Aussie Day” was sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, a corporate sponsor for the race. All the Australian runners work at Hewlett-Packard. The runners adopted the Marlborough Middle School as part of the community outreach project.

» Van pooling promoted: Savings Touted for Long Commutes

Each weekday morning, several Western Massachusetts residents get in a van and drive 70 minutes to work in Marlborough. The 11 Hewlett-Packard employees are among the few people employed in MetroWest who take a "van pool" to work, according to Melissa Zampitella, New England manager for VPSI Inc., which supplies the H-P employees with their van out of a Woburn office.

Local press coverage, 2005

» Middle School Gets Tech Grant

Marlborough Middle School has been awarded a $35,000 technology grant from Hewlett-Packard, beating out hundreds of other schools for new computers, digital cameras, professional development and online mentoring from field experts.

Local press coverage, 2004

» HP Helps Democrats go Wireless

The Democratic National Committee and HP began discussions last spring regarding the use of wireless technology at the Democratic National Convention in Boston July 26-29. The committee decided on off-the-shelf HP hardware and Cisco Systems networking technology combined with more customized software from Microsoft.

» Boston Marathon Has Tradition Of Technology

HP has been the Boston Marathon technology sponsor for 10 years running. Each year the demand for real-time race information expands by 10-15 percent, challenging HP to meet the needs of 600,000 marathon website users in 2004.

» RFID In It For The Long Run ; Gear from Hewlett-Packard turns Boston Marathon into a high-tech showcase

At Boston Marathon 2004, advanced technology from HP permeated the race course, whether it was at the race headquarters, in the hands of officials, on the Web, or even attached to the shoes of participants.

Local press coverage, 2003

» Troopers Get More Computer Power

High-tech, wireless mobile laptop computers are being installed in new patrol cars starting this year, said Margaret Sullivan, manager of information technology for the state police. Sullivan said Hewlett-Packard is the primary contractor on the project, and has teamed up with Itronix, Public Safety Group and L and E Mobile Computers and Mounts to complete the project.

» Massachusetts State Police Teams with HP to Roll Out High-Tech Patrol Cars

The Massachusetts State Police have teamed up with HP to outfit patrol cars with PCs that can access a secure statewide data communications system for pertinent information, such as outstanding warrants and arrest records.

» Hewlett-Packard: New Wireless Pocket PC Solution Puts Critical Data At The
   Fingertips Of Agents

Public Safety Group (PSG) provides the PocketCop© software. HP provides the HP iPAQ pocket PC, plus infrastructure hardware, systems and services. The result is a wireless, handheld computing solution that enables law enforcement agents to access state and federal databases from virtually any location.

» HP Labs Revives Out-of-Print Titles

Technology developed by HP Labs in Cambridge enables MIT Press to restore 1,750 out-of-print titles for inclusion in the new print-on-demand program called the MIT Classics Series.