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Giorgio
Dabormida
Dr. Giacomo Tavola
Innovation Centre Manager
Hewlett Packard Italy - European Innovation Centre (HP-BEST)
BEST - European Innovation Centre
Viale Europa, 2
Stezzano
I - 24040 ITALY
T.: +39-32-90806204
http://www.hp.com/italy/consulting
projects.best@hp.com
g.dabormida@inwind.it
HP in Europe
HP
is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services
to consumers and businesses. The company’s offerings
span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices,
global services and imaging and printing. Our $4 billion (US) annual research and development
(R&D) investment fuels the invention of products, solutions and new
technologies, so that we can better serve customers and enter new markets. We
invent, engineer and deliver technology solutions that drive business value,
create social value and improve the lives of our customers.
The
May 2002 merger of HP and Compaq Computer Corporation forged a dynamic, powerful
team of 140,000 employees with capabilities in 160 countries, doing business in
43 currencies and 15 languages. Revenues for the combined companies were $73
billion (US) for the fiscal year that ended October 31, 2002. Chairman and CEO
Carly Fiorina leads HP, which has corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, California.
HP
has been operating in Europe since 1959, with the opening of its first
manufacturing facility outside Palo Alto, California, at Böblingen, near
Stuttgart, Germany. From the outset, HP has been a stakeholder in Europe. The
company has deliberately sought to grow, not only by relying on its marketing,
but by actively investing in European manufacturing and R&D operations.
For
fiscal year 2002, HP reported European orders valued at $27 billion,
representing 37% of worldwide sales. After more than 40 years in Europe Middle
East and Africa, HP employs close to 42,000 people in fields ranging from
R&D, manufacturing, sales and support. In all, there are 39 HP subsidiaries
with 400 distributor links, 1200 corporate resellers and 120,000 active
resellers. HP is an approved supplier to the EU Institutions.
HP
has manufacturing operations in France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and the
United Kingdom. They are worldwide centres for client/server computer systems,
workstations, personal computers and peripherals, printing and imaging systems.
Through our European manufacturing, HP’s products qualify for EU-funded
projects to East and Central Europe.
HP’s
International Bank, located in Dublin, Ireland, provides lease finance, rentals
and technology management services to HP customers throughout Europe. The
European customer care centre is located in Amsterdam. Mobile e-services bazaars
can also be found in Amsterdam and in Helsinki, Finland.
HP
Laboratories, the strategic research organisation for the company, has its
European facility in Bristol, England. It is responsible for one third of the
organisation’s fundamental research and employs approximately 150 scientists
and engineers from across Europe. Projects include Internet security and
cryptography, digital media management, quantum computing (the EU QUIPROCONE
network is managed from HP Labs Europe), advanced imaging technologies, mobile
communications, the semantic web and grid/utility computing. This is world-class
research that will influence the next generation of IT products and services.
HP
is a long time participant in joint EU research initiatives, having been one of
the first partners in the ESPRIT 1 Programme, and since then active as
participant or coordinator in more than 50 projects. HP‘s partners include
European universities and small- and medium-sized enterprises.
The
company also conducts applied research and development in three centres in
Europe.
HP
is compliant with EU environmental policies: its operations include a European
take-back centre for end-of -life equipment located in Böblingen, Germany.
HP-BEST,
HP's European Innovation Centre, is doing applied research, technology transfer
and integration in the following areas:
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Mobile
services delivery platforms, end-to-end solutions to support service deployment
and usage
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Wireless
technology based solutions (802.11 WLAN, seamless roaming)
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Mobile
enterprise, secure access to corporate networks for mobile users
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Content
management and adaptation, multichanneling portals
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Open
Source technologies
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Next
generation telephony (voIP, unified communication, SIP-based architectures)
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Enterprise
Business portals, B2B and B2C
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Enterprise
Application Integration
Graduated
in Computer Science in 1997. 5 years of working experience in finance and
telecommunications solutions.
Since
2001 he is working in HPC&I BEST European Innovation Center, where served as
solution architect in different engagements, both internal and external for very
large customers. He is part of the Mobile Services and Application group, and
has extensive knowledge of integrated mobile services delivery platforms,
interfaces to external services, content adaptation to mobile devices.
He
is currently working on Web
Services enabling of legacy service components (wrapping legacy modules with Web
Services interfaces). His technical competencies include Application Servers
deployment, J2EE , XML, SOAP, EAI, Open Source components (Cocoon, Apache,
Tomcat).
He
is part of project teams in currently ongoing projects funded by IST
Frameprogramme 5.
Master Solution Architect – GIOVANNI GIULIANI
Graduated
in Electronics Engineering with honors in 1982, 20 years of working experience
in R&D, IT Consulting and System Integration in major Computer Companies
(Olivetti, Digital, Compaq, HP).
Covered
various positions in SW Engineering until 1997, working on
Operating System development and Manufacturing Framework products.
Appointed Consulting Engineer in 1992 by Digital Corporate Board.
University
teaching and research activities in parallel with work in the industry from 1988
to 1993.
From
1998 as Solution Architect in Consulting and System Integration organization in
Digital, and then, due to the mergers, Compaq and finally HP. Delivered several
complex projects in Manufacturing, Government, Finance market, recently
exploring the area of Mobility for various sectors. Appointed Senior (now called
Master) Solution Architect in 1999 by Compaq Corporate Board.
He
is currently working at BEST European Innovation Center.
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