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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JULY 14, 2003; VOL. 2 NO. 28

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HP CONTINUES TO SCOOP UP LUMINARIES

David Reed, long-time Internet pioneer and industry luminary, is the most recent in a spate of high-profile hirings at industry giant Hewlett-Packard. Reed, 52, is set to join the HP labs research team, where he will rub proverbial elbows with another recent hire, Alan Kay, who came over from the Xeroc Palo Alto Research Center.

Reed, who was instrumental in the production of TCP/IP, a cornerstone technology for today's Internet, will be working on adaptive enterprise research, finding ways for customers to get the greatest leverage out of their existing technology, as well as the ability for rapid adaptation to changes in business environments. Reed's specific role will be to focus on network adaptability and scalability for HP. He is also interested in finding new and more robust wireless networking technologies to replace teh current WiFi networks.

Along side his position in the research lab, Reed will maintain his position as an adjunct professor in the Viral Communications group at the MIT Media Lab, as well as co-direct the MIT Communications Futures Program.

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