>коли под наем figured I should update. Quite a bit going on. A few weeks ago I got rear ended at a stop light in my brand new car. 3600 dollars later I am going to be dropping it off at the dealer to get fixed. Luckily the other guys insurance is paying for everything. Including the rental. It is supposed to take 7-9 days to get it fixed up.
Last Friday I had a colonoscopy. If you have never had one of these I would highly recommend against it. It was not fun. It turns out I have a tear somewhere. I will not bore you with the details, but I am going to have to meet with a surgeon to get it fixed. Also My arms look like I am a junky. Curse me and my small veins. They had to poke me 4 times to start the IV.
I just finished the second semester of school. I got A’s in both Critical Thinking and Technical writing. Third semester started Monday. I never thought I would do well in school. I sucked all the way up till high school. I guess now I figure that I don’t have an option. Either get the degree or stay in a sucky job.
Today is my 11 year anniversary. Not sure how I got someone to stay with me that long. I am sure glad she did. We have been through a lot together. Love you Jen. And they said it would not last….
In school news I had posted the rough draft of my final paper for one of my classes last Sunday. I found out on Wednesday night that the attachment did not attach. Of course this is after I had to reformat my computer. So I had to re-write the paper because my dumbass forgot to back it up. I ended up getting a 100 points out of a 100 on it. This sunday both of my final papers are due, and the new semester starts on Monday. This will be my third semester. Time flies when you are having fun.
Today, HP is hosting a meeting for Securities Analysts. The purpose of the meeting is to present information on the integration of HP and EDS and the steps we’re taking to optimize the performance of our business. I wanted to share the details of this meeting at the same time as we announced them publicly.
EDS is a tremendous addition to HP and immediately catapults us into the top tier of globally scaled service providers. This acquisition follows our carefully executed strategy. First, we focused on building the leading hardware business. Then we developed our software offering to optimize and differentiate our hardware with a particular focus on management and IT automation. The next pillar of the portfolio is a world-class services business. With the acquisition of EDS, HP is now a true one-stop-shop for the enterprise and better able to meet client needs in an environment where more and more technology will be delivered through a services model.
I am confident that the integration will allow us to realize outstanding value, but there are also difficult actions that need to be taken.
By far the hardest part of this effort is restructuring our global workforce and today we are announcing the elimination of 24,600 positions. There is no way to downplay the magnitude of this. The restructuring impacts people, families and communities, and we undertake it with gravity and deliberation. We have the well-being and futures of more than 300,000 employees to consider, and we owe it to all of them to create a business that is healthy, strategically sound and growing.
Our priorities are: to ensure that our global workforce maps to our revenue and growth opportunities; to eliminate redundancies; and to maximize productivity. At the same time, we have developed comprehensive plans to ensure that our customers enjoy the benefits of a streamlined organization with no disruption to the exceptional service they expect and deserve.
We are also integrating EDS into a number of our ongoing transformations, including in IT, real estate, procurement and HR. During the past three years, HP has realized substantial efficiencies in these areas, and we expect to bring this expertise and discipline to our EDS services business with equal success. These actions will make us more competitive.
Additionally, we are integrating and aligning employee benefits programs. As decisions are finalized, any changes will be communicated to affected employees on a country-by-country basis. Further information about these changes and what they mean to you will follow shortly.
Transformation is never easy, but we are doing what’s necessary to compete and win in the long term. Our company is receiving a tremendous reception in the marketplace, and I am confident that we will emerge in a powerful position to generate accelerated growth, profitability, and outstanding opportunities for all of our stakeholders. In the meantime, the best all of us can do — for our company, our colleagues and our customers — is to maintain our focus and continue delivering great results.
Thank you for your help and contributions to this effort.
Mark
Life has been hectic around here. School has been busy. I have one more week before third semester. It is going fast. I have A’s in both of my classes. One of my classes this semester was critical thinking. I really liked that class. I was rear ended last Friday in my brand new car. So I have to get that taken care of. Poor little thing. Other than that things are going.
In an effort to save energy, EDS, an HP Company has asked us to turn off the lighting in all vending machines nation-wide. I know it doesn’t seem like much locally, but when you take in all of the EDS locations, it will actually generate a pretty substantial savings. I just wanted to let you all know, so you didn’t think the vending machines in the back were out of order. They all work just fine.
Extreme at Filmore East in NY. Comfortably Dumb. It is so hard to meet Gary and how soft spoken he is to what he is on stage. It is quite a transformation.
Nights do not get any better than this. A couple of friends and I headed up to Cinci to see Kings X and Extreme. One word:Awesome. Kings X was up first. I was familiar with a couple of their songs; Dogman and Black Flag. I am definitely going to be looking for more of their Cd’s. They had a great set. After their set they went to the merch booth for a meet and great. We got a poster signed by the band and got to talk to them a bit and shake hands. Then came Extreme. All I can say is wow. All the you tube videos that I have seen of the concerts so far on this tour could not prepare you for the real thing. They started off running with Decadence Dance and did not quit till they covered Led Zeps Communication Breakdown. Even after something happened when they came out for their encore and did Hole Hearted without lights. The joked that we did not need to see them cause they were old and had wrinkles. By the pics you can tell that that was definitely a joke. The highlight of the show was when Gary asked who had the new CD. A ton of people held them up. He said if you bought them we will sign them. So after the show we went back to the busses and there must have been a couple hundred people in line. We got to meet them and they signed my CD. I also got a picture with Nuno and Gary which I will be posting later. What a night. I have never met any band before, much less one of my favorites of all time. They were so gracious and cool. Thanks Abby and Mike for coming and getting the Extreme experience.
Photos courtesy of jmmasterson because mine came out like crap.
