HP Labs: What’s Next?
Hewlett-Packard announced today that it has sharpened the focus of its advanced research group, HP Labs, to address the most complex challenges facing technology customers in the next decade.
Labs was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard 41 years ago, before Hewlett-Packard even made computers, before the Internet and certainly before anyone on the planet had sent a single email.
Today, the world is different. As the Internet becomes the dominant platform for the IT world, Labs is looking at ways to fundamentally change the way all information is accessed, shared and communicated.
The new HP Labs now consists of 23 distinct groups of researchers spread across seven worldwide locations; it is led by Prith Banerjee, who joined as director last August.
I was part of the team that help develop the announcements that Prith and the Labs researchers shared with the world this afternoon. As well as the Press Conference and speeches, there was a unique exhibit of some of the latest technology from Labs. I visited the exhibit and took the opportunity to talk with some of the researchers about their projects. I was also delighted to meet a couple of retired employees.
Check out my following six blog entries which are podcast interviews with researchers and retirees.
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