HP board to meet, discuss phone scandal
- 11 September, 2006 12:42
- Comments 1
Hewlett-Packard's board of directors took no action at a special Sunday meeting and will reconvene late Monday to continue discussions about the scandal that has occupied the company over the past week.
The board held a teleconference Sunday morning for several hours, according to a brief company statement issued Sunday afternoon, to discuss reports that outside investigators, acting on behalf of the board, obtained phone records of directors and journalists to trace the source of information leaks regarding board meetings.
The investigators' tactic of disguising their true identity in order to gain access to customer records, called "pretexting," may be in violation of the law and the California Attorney General's office is investigating the case.
HP gave no reason in its statement for the move to adjourn Sunday's meeting to Monday.
HP Board Chairman Patricia Dunn has been criticized for launching the investigation, including calls for her resignation. Dunn said she was "appalled" that the investigators engaged in pretexting but said that she was not told details of how they conducted their probe. While she has said that she won't resign on her own, she would step down if the board requested her to do so.
The investigation determined that HP director George Keyworth was the source of a story CNet Networks Inc. story in January about HP's business strategy. When Keyworth was asked to resign from the board in May, he refused. But board member Thomas Perkins, a renowned Silicon Valley venture capitalist, resigned in protest over the way in which the investigation was conducted.
Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd, in a letter to company employees released late Friday, urged them to keep focused on their work. "The media coverage and speculation regarding the recent actions of the HP Board ... have nothing to do with the strategy or operations of Hewlett-Packard," he said.
Hurd, who emphasized that he was speaking as CEO and not as a board member, added: "There has been a long history of leaking company information with the HP board that clearly needs to be resolved."
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.
- Bookmark this page
- Share this article
- Got more on this story? Email CIO
- Follow CIO on twitter
-
The 30 best Safari extensions -- so far
-
Apple and Google disagree over licensing of essential patents
-
Monash Uni reduces IT teams after consolidation project
-
FTC warns makers of background checking apps
-
QLD govt demands answers after pay glitch
-
Is your data center ready for virtualisation? Important power considerations for virtualised IT environments
Virtualisation brings the potential to deliver dramatic savings in terms of server count, footprint, power consumption and cooling requirements for data centers. For all its advantages though, virtualisation also brings some unique challenges. The power and cooling infrastructure—which may have been quite sufficient for pre-virtualization needs—could easily become inadequate when data center performance patterns are radically altered. The good news is that there are practical and affordable ways to address these challenges and improve data center efficiency in the process. This paper looks at some of the power-related challenges and the readily available technologies to address them. -
The Need for DLP (data leak prevention) now
When it comes to the terabytes of confidential and proprietary data on corporate networks, companies often use kid gloves to secure the data. This begs the question, why are office supplies subject to a higher level of security than the data? Many organisations are turning to a DLP solution to help them in gaining control over their seemingly uncontrolled data stores. -
2012 Pathways Advanced ICT Leadership Development Program
Developed by the CIO executive Council in conjunction with Rob Livingstone Advisory, Pathways Advanced is a 12 month CIO delivered, small group, mentor based professional development program. it brings together best practice, thought leadership and business insights for today’s most promising ICT professionals.
-
Professional SQL Server 2008 Internals and Troubleshooting
-
Photoshop Elements 3
-
Executive's Guide to Cloud Computing
-
Mastering Visual C# .Net
-
Networking with Netware for Dummies, 4th Edition
-
J2EE Open Source Toolkit
-
Mastering C# Database Programming
-
Professional Java Development with the Spring Framework
-
Professional Visual Studio 2008
Get exclusive access to Invitation only events CIO, reports & analysis. 
Comments
UN HELPED CLIENT
HP are the biggest bunch of incompetent fools I have ever dealt with, SO no doubt the board members are a bunch of Muppets. Take my money for spare part then dont deliver it, managers meant to call back to discuss 2 weeks ago, still no response, there call centre in Manila is useless, There aere no other contacts to be found... NEVER BUY HP, their products suck and support and spare parts are even worse, if thats possible,I repeat NEVER BUY HP!
Post new comment