Up The Ladder
Staff, Austin American Statesman
December 16, 2009
Cocial Networks Bring Companies Like SAP Closer to Customers
Jamie Eckle, ITBustinessEdge
December 8, 2009
HP user group Connect looks online for growth
San Francisco Chronicle By Jaime Eckle (Computerworld)
December 8, 2009
HP Storage Tech Day 2009
Devang Panchigar, StorageNerve.com
September 27, 2009
Google Enhances Search
John Obeto, AbsolutelyWindows.com
September 27, 2009
Is It Hype or Is It Here? Can Social Media Networks Live Up to the Corporate Marketing Buzz?
16 September 2009
Be sure to listen to Nina Buik, Connect President, speak about Social Media as she represents Connect as a panelist for a live webcast from Time Square! Listen to the recording
Career Watch: Get social, get a job
Computerworld
24 August 2009
The dismal economy has brought thoughts of the unemployment line to people in nearly every profession, and it has made many of them feel the need to constantly glance over their shoulders, notes Nina Buik, a careers expert and president of the Hewlett-Packard user group Connect. In this type of economic climate, everyone can begin to seem like a potential competitor, and some people will react by burrowing into their cubicles and keeping a low profile.
Celebrate your power to administrate
3000newswireblogs.com
31 July 2009
The world needs skills to keep a business computer system like the 3000 stable. A little extra respect today is all that the sysadminday.com site asks. Gifts would be nice, of course.
Apps testing key in upgrade to six-core processors
SearchDataCenter.com
21 July 2009
When it comes to upgrading to new six-core x86 processors, there's no substitute for real-world, in-house apps testing, IT pros vouch.
HP user group Connect president reflects on group gains
SearchDataCenter.com
17 June 2009
It has been a year since three Hewlett-Packard user groups -- Encompass, ITUG (International Tandem Users Group) and HP-Interex -- merged to form Connect. That umbrella group now has 50,000 members and 32 chapters worldwide. Connect's president, Nina Buik, sat down at the HP Technology Forum in Las Vegas this week to discuss the past year's efforts to bolster membership and increase influence within HP as well as what's on tap for the future.
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Interview with HP user group president Nina Buik
Silicon Valley Watcher, ZDNet; HMHO Blog
16 June 2009
The advent of social media has made a big difference at Connect — the independent user organization representing 50,000 professionals using Hewlett-Packard technology products and services.
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Looking for IT Work in All the Right Places
Network World
15 July 2008
It's all about who you know when it comes to looking for IT work, and with social networking technologies gaining popularity, today the number of people you know can grow exponentially online.
Connect Through a Social App
3000 Newswire
1 July 2008
HP's enterprise users group, Connect, showed a peek at its new online social networking site during the recent HP Technology Forum. Designed by social networking software company Leverage Software, connect-community.org will help users — mostly Connect members — connect and find each other based on common interests and experience.
HP User Group Helps Members Connect Professionally, Socially
NetworkWorld
18 June 2008
Keeping 50,000 members connected drove the leadership of HP’s largest user community to turn to social networking technologies.
The HP independent user group Connect boasts 50,000 members worldwide, including customers of HP’s server, storage, operating system and switch products. Connect President Nina Buik says the volume and diversity of members inspired Connect to find a way to enable members to reach out to peers via social networking technologies.
HP Connects with End Users at HP Technology Forum in Vegas
Server Specs: A SearchDataCenter.com blog
18 June 2008
Since Monday afternoon I’ve been in Las Vegas, Nev., attending the 2008 HP Technology Forum and Expo — enjoying the air conditioned oasis in the 100+ degree desert. The event is different than any I have attended, with it’s broad 7,000+ attendee base that spans the four "S’s” of HP (servers, storage, software, and services). Clearly the company is focused on sharing their new technologies through the Tech Showcase and in the workshops and breakout sessions. But the company is also showing both loyal and potential customers a good time.
HP Users Sick and Tired of Fighting Storage Fires Every Day
SearchStorage.com
17 June 2008
Making storage management simpler and more affordable is the biggest issue for the more than 50,000 members in Hewlett-Packard's new Connect user group, said Connect directors at HP Tech Forum.
10 Questions for Connect President Nina Buik
CIOZone
17 June 2008
This week, the Hewlett-Packard user community comes together at the HP Technology Forum & Expo, which is being held in Las Vegas. It's the first meeting of HP users since three of the largest user groups—Encompass, HP-Interex EMEA, and ITUG—merged earlier this year into a single 50,000-member strong organization called Connect.
Disparate HP User Communities Unite under Connect Banner at HP Technology Forum Event
ZDNet
17 June 2008
HP is an amalgamation of companies, products and technologies, and its user groups have had a similar legacy. Until today, that is.
HP User Groups Plan Merger
Processor Magazine
15 February 2008
Three HP user groups—Encompass, HP-Interex EMEA, and the International Tandem User Group—plan to merge in an effort to improve their membership and programs. The three groups, each representing a different community of HP product users, work with HP to provide user feedback with the goal of improving customer service and product features.
HP User Groups Looking to Consolidate
eWeek
By Scott Ferguson
8 February 2008
In April, three of Hewlett-Packard’s user groups will vote on a plan that will combine them into a 50,000-member organization.
A trio of Hewlett-Packard user groups are looking to consolidate into one organization.
In April, the membership of Encompass, the largest of the three, HP Interex EMEA and ITUG will vote on a plan that will combine the three user groups into a single, 50,000-member organization.
HP Data Storage User Groups Band Together
Searchstorage.com
By Editor
8 February 2008
HP user groups Encompass, HP Interex EMEA and ITUG jointly announced their intent to consolidate into one worldwide group this week. The combined organization will feature new membership offerings and will operate under a new name that has not been determined yet. The merger is contingent upon voting of the memberships of the current organizations, which will take place this spring. The new organization plans to automatically honor any existing memberships.
One user group ring bands them all
3000 News (Blog)
7 February 2008
HP user group Encompass took a big step toward the ultimate alliance of HP enterprise computer customers this week, when the largest North American HP user group announced it will unite with two of the others. Now Encompass, the Tandem group ITUG, and HP-Interex Europe/Middle East/Africa will all work together, bound under a single group which will have a new name announced sometime this year.
HP User Groups Join Forces - Encompass, ITUG, and HP Interex EMEA Plan to Merge and Share Resources to Serve 50,000 Members
ARN
By Denise Dubie
6 February 2008
There is strength in numbers, according to the leaders of three HP user groups, who this week announced they will seek approval to join forces and pool resources to better serve more than 50,000 members worldwide.
HP User Groups Join Forces - Encompass, ITUG, and HP Interex EMEA Plan to Merge and Share Resources to Serve 50,000 Members
Network World
By Denise Dubie
6 February 2008
There is strength in numbers, according to the leaders of three HP user groups, who this week announced they will seek approval to join forces and pool resources to better serve more than 50,000 members worldwide.
HP User Groups Plan Merger to Increase Clout, Lower Costs
IT World
By Patrick Thibodeau
5 February 2008
Three independent Hewlett-Packard user groups said Monday that they plan to merge into a single organization with more than 50,000 members in an effort to increase training opportunities and their clout with the IT vendor.
The groups also hope to reduce costs while using their combined resources to reach younger users of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s technologies through social networks and other Web 2.0 tools.
HP User Groups Plan Merger to Increase Clout, Lower Costs
Computerworld
By Patrick Thibodeau
4 February 2008
Three independent Hewlett-Packard user groups said Monday that they plan to merge into a single organization with more than 50,000 members in an effort to increase training opportunities and their clout with the IT vendor.
The groups also hope to reduce costs while using their combined resources to reach younger users of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s technologies through social networks and other Web 2.0 tools.
HP User Groups Mull Merger
IT Wire
By Stephen Withers
4 February 2008
Today's Hewlett-Packard is the result of several mergers, but the company's customers still belong to user groups reflecting the old structures. That may be about to change. Compaq acquired Tandem (the 'NonStop' company); Compaq acquired Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC); and Hewlett-Packard and Compaq merged. But the user groups that had grown up around those companies largely continued as separate entities.
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