News release

Microsoft and HP Joint Teleconference

Members of the media are invited to attend live Q&A

Microsoft Corp. and HP will host a teleconference tomorrow, where Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, and Mark Hurd, chairman and CEO of HP, will take questions regarding a new joint agreement and joint investment to prepare customers for the next generation of business computing. The companies have a 25-year partnership focused on helping organizations of all sizes around the world utilize technology to improve productivity and reduce costs.

Who:		Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and Bob Muglia, president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft. Mark Hurd, chairman and CEO of HP, and Dave Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager, Enterprise Servers and Networking, Enterprise Business.
When:		Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 8:15 a.m. PST.
Where:		Via live teleconference.

Teleconference Information: To listen to the audio teleconference, interested parties should visit http://hpbroadband.com/program.aspx?key=SKPNSKDIKG. To participate in the audio teleconference, interested parties should call US Participants (Tollfree): 800-369-1191or International (US Toll): 1-212-519-0829. Passcode is 3022632. Reporters, editors and analysts can check http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/infrastructure/ or http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newroom for forthcoming related press material.

Teleconference Replay Information: A playback of the teleconference will be available at http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/presskits/infrastructure/

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