Hewlett Packard suffers upsets like all tech companies do, but what sets them apart is their unique ability to create bigger bangs to mask these hiccups.  Although their stock market performance is still shaky, along with a handful of shocking executive revamps, Leo Apotheker’s team has managed to push ahead with innovation, partnerships and product launches without looking back, going as far as offshore updates, such as the newly built Auckland data center that utilizes 3Par technology to boost cloud and virtual storage offerings to customers. They also partnered with VMware to integrate their API for providing cloud backup services. Outside of the company’s usual high level tech advancements, HP extends its helping and efficient hand to schools for critical research developments. These include the Eni S.p.A. of Italy and the University of Hamburg in Germany.

The Manager for Technical Scientific Data and Systems Department of Eni S.p.A, Sergio Zazzera said in an interview: “The new HP server infrastructure provides 50 percent more compute power at a lower cost and in the same space as our former system. With this configuration, we can now improve the use of new technologies to significantly reduce the time required to find and produce new sources of oil and gas.”

With the TouchPad release slated for July 1st, HP focuses on its integral portion of the tablet, which is its webOS platform. Some dubbed this as an iPad-killer, while others feel think it would fall too short of world’s favorite tablet. HP is also heavily investing in the hybrid cloud, and has set aside $2 billion for future projects within this avenue. HP is rerouting its efforts towards devices in a revised manner, with more focus on mobile services. In an attempt to further tighten its financial belt, they moved their notebook manufacturing site from China to Japan in the name of lower labor costs.

The recently concluded HP Discover 2011 has tackled very vital points in various aspects of technology that include cloud and security, mobile, big data and their big ambitions relating to webOS.  The event gave a great overview of HP’s plans for the coming year, and theCube’s live broadcasts offered additional insight from executives and clients that were in attendance.