Over the past several months we've watched HP's webOS work force get chopped in half and suffer some pretty serious attrition, all thanks to HP's former lack-of-a-plan. That's now getting resolved, but what was once a thousand-plus-strong workforce at the Palm, Inc. HQ in Sunnyvale, California, has been reduced to a few hundred. As such, the three buildings that make up the Palm campus are, well, they're too much space for the webOS group. HP's been looking to consolidate their operations for some time, and the Palm campus is going to play a roll in that.

In dual messages sent to HP employees by Personal Systems Group EVP Todd Bradley, webOS Software Engineering SVP Ari Jaaksi, and webOS CTO Sam Greenblatt, HP outlined its plans to move the webOS group out of Sunnyvale and into the former ArcSight building, seven miles away at 5 Results Way in Cupertino. HP purchased security firm ArcSight in 2010 and has since integrated its workforce into HP locations - the building used to house somewhere between 300 and 500 workers.

After webOS moves out of the old Palm campus, HP will be moving in with PSG employees from Cupertino, a change from mid-2010 plans to move that crew to HP's corporate headquarters in Palo Alto. Todd Bradley, formerly CEO of Palm, knows the space in Sunnyvale fairly well, telling those moving in that their "future home offers thoughtfully designed work environments and a large variety of meeting locations intended to build a sense of community. We will retain its current furniture and workplace layout. This location also provides sufficient lab and office space to meet our Bay Area needs." No word if Bradley himself will be taking his old office back, especially now that fellow former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has left the building.

The move from 950 W Maude Ave. will be bittersweet for the webOS group - that location has been the home of Palm for over a decade. The memo sent to the webOS group describes the rationale behind the move as getting them all into one space appropriate for their needs, instead of spreading them between the three buildings in Sunnyvale. The ArcSight building is described as having "lots of spaces designed for collaboration and working in teams—with each other and with the broader webOS community" and "a clean modern design suited for developing the future of an important technology."

The move is expected to take place in second half of this year. The memos are both in full after the break, as well as the best picture of the old ArcSight building we could find. Start saying your goodbyes to Sunnyvale, and look out Apple - somebody else is moving into Cupertino!

An Exciting New Era in the Bay Area—Message from Todd Bradley

After listening to your feedback on fostering a great work environment, my team and I are pleased to announce an exciting new era for PSG employees in the Bay Area.

Later this year, we will move our Bay Area operations from Cupertino to the former Palm campus in Sunnyvale. As a result, we are cancelling our previous plans to relocate to Palo Alto.

I am very excited about this move for several reasons.

First, as we set out to define and amplify a new product identity, our Bay Area home will serve as a well-equipped, central rallying point. With its fresh, creative, and inspirational workplace environments, the campus will be an important hub in our larger work to inspire our customers with innovation that matters to them.

Second, we made this decision with your input in mind. Through the Voice of the Workforce survey, you told us that a great workplace is critical. You told us that you want an open, fresh environment that encourages collaboration but also enables you to work alone when needed.

The Sunnyvale campus will help us realize this goal. Our future home offers thoughtfully designed work environments and a large variety of meeting locations intended to build a sense of community. We will retain its current furniture and workplace layout. This location also provides sufficient lab and office space to meet our Bay Area needs.

To ensure we realize the full potential of this opportunity, we have established a core team of PSG representatives who will work to ensure this move is made with thoughtful planning and great care. The team will be led by Emily Ketchen in Worldwide Marketing, while Dan Loos in Strategy and Planning will be the project management lead.

We expect to complete our move to Sunnyvale by the end of the fiscal fourth quarter. Before then, webOS employees currently working on the campus will relocate to the ArcSight complex in Cupertino, which boasts its own clean and modern design.

I have asked your leaders to check in with you on this matter. They are ready to listen and to share any details or perspectives they may have. Also, at 10 a.m. on 10 February, we will hold a coffee talk in Cupertino to discuss this move and take your questions (stay tuned for the invite). Until then, you may submit any questions you may have by clicking here.

Todd

 

The Journey to an Open webOS Continues with New Campus Plans—Message from Ari Jaaksi, Sam Greenblatt, and Martin Risau

We’re pleased to announce the next step of our journey into the future of open webOS. We’re relocating to a new facility in Cupertino that brings all our Sunnyvale employees together in a single, modern, open-design workspace.

Later this year, webOS employees currently working in the former Palm facility in Sunnyvale will relocate to this new workspace at the former ArcSight campus at 5 Results Way in Cupertino. We expect this move to take place in the last two quarters of 2012.

We’ve recently toured this facility, and we want to tell you why we’re so excited about it.

First, it brings us together. Instead of being spread out over multiple buildings, we’ll be unified by our workspace, as well as our mission. Our future home has lots of spaces designed for collaboration and working in teams—with each other and with the broader webOS community. This is in addition to a clean modern design suited for developing the future of an important technology.

Equally important, we made this decision with your input in mind. We know that a great workplace is important you. You want the kind of environment that spurs creativity and encourages open exchange. We agree, and when you see this facility, you’ll get a sense of how it will support our best ideas and achievements.

I hope you are getting as enthusiastic about these plans as we are. As we get closer to our move date over the next several months, we’ll keep you updated on new developments and details.

Best,

Ari Jaaksi
Senior Vice President, webOS Software Engineering

Sam Greenblatt
Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Business

Martin Risau
Chief of Staff for CEO Meg Whitman

Over the past several months we've watched HP's webOS work force get chopped in half and suffer some pretty serious attrition, all thanks to HP's former lack-of-a-plan. That's now getting resolved, but what was once a thousand-plus-strong workforce at the Palm, Inc. HQ in Sunnyvale, California, has been reduced to a few hundred. As such, the three buildings that make up the Palm campus are, well, they're too much space for the webOS group. HP's been looking to consolidate their operations for some time, and the Palm campus is going to play a roll in that.

In dual messages sent to HP employees by Personal Systems Group EVP Todd Bradley, webOS Software Engineering SVP Ari Jaaksi, and webOS CTO Sam Greenblatt, HP outlined its plans to move the webOS group out of Sunnyvale and into the former ArcSight building, seven miles away at 5 Results Way in Cupertino. HP purchased security firm ArcSight in 2010 and has since integrated its workforce into HP locations - the building used to house somewhere between 300 and 500 workers.

After webOS moves out of the old Palm campus, HP will be moving in with PSG employees from Cupertino, a change from mid-2010 plans to move that crew to HP's corporate headquarters in Palo Alto. Todd Bradley, formerly CEO of Palm, knows the space in Sunnyvale fairly well, telling those moving in that their "future home offers thoughtfully designed work environments and a large variety of meeting locations intended to build a sense of community. We will retain its current furniture and workplace layout. This location also provides sufficient lab and office space to meet our Bay Area needs." No word if Bradley himself will be taking his old office back, especially now that fellow former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein has left the building.

The move from 950 W Maude Ave. will be bittersweet for the webOS group - that location has been the home of Palm for over a decade. The memo sent to the webOS group describes the rationale behind the move as getting them all into one space appropriate for their needs, instead of spreading them between the three buildings in Sunnyvale. The ArcSight building is described as having "lots of spaces designed for collaboration and working in teams—with each other and with the broader webOS community" and "a clean modern design suited for developing the future of an important technology."

The move is expected to take place in second half of this year. The memos are both in full after the break, as well as the best picture of the old ArcSight building we could find. Start saying your goodbyes to Sunnyvale, and look out Apple - somebody else is moving into Cupertino!

An Exciting New Era in the Bay Area—Message from Todd Bradley

After listening to your feedback on fostering a great work environment, my team and I are pleased to announce an exciting new era for PSG employees in the Bay Area.

Later this year, we will move our Bay Area operations from Cupertino to the former Palm campus in Sunnyvale. As a result, we are cancelling our previous plans to relocate to Palo Alto.

I am very excited about this move for several reasons.

First, as we set out to define and amplify a new product identity, our Bay Area home will serve as a well-equipped, central rallying point. With its fresh, creative, and inspirational workplace environments, the campus will be an important hub in our larger work to inspire our customers with innovation that matters to them.

Second, we made this decision with your input in mind. Through the Voice of the Workforce survey, you told us that a great workplace is critical. You told us that you want an open, fresh environment that encourages collaboration but also enables you to work alone when needed.

The Sunnyvale campus will help us realize this goal. Our future home offers thoughtfully designed work environments and a large variety of meeting locations intended to build a sense of community. We will retain its current furniture and workplace layout. This location also provides sufficient lab and office space to meet our Bay Area needs.

To ensure we realize the full potential of this opportunity, we have established a core team of PSG representatives who will work to ensure this move is made with thoughtful planning and great care. The team will be led by Emily Ketchen in Worldwide Marketing, while Dan Loos in Strategy and Planning will be the project management lead.

We expect to complete our move to Sunnyvale by the end of the fiscal fourth quarter. Before then, webOS employees currently working on the campus will relocate to the ArcSight complex in Cupertino, which boasts its own clean and modern design.

I have asked your leaders to check in with you on this matter. They are ready to listen and to share any details or perspectives they may have. Also, at 10 a.m. on 10 February, we will hold a coffee talk in Cupertino to discuss this move and take your questions (stay tuned for the invite). Until then, you may submit any questions you may have by clicking here.

Todd

 

The Journey to an Open webOS Continues with New Campus Plans—Message from Ari Jaaksi, Sam Greenblatt, and Martin Risau

We’re pleased to announce the next step of our journey into the future of open webOS. We’re relocating to a new facility in Cupertino that brings all our Sunnyvale employees together in a single, modern, open-design workspace.

Later this year, webOS employees currently working in the former Palm facility in Sunnyvale will relocate to this new workspace at the former ArcSight campus at 5 Results Way in Cupertino. We expect this move to take place in the last two quarters of 2012.

We’ve recently toured this facility, and we want to tell you why we’re so excited about it.

First, it brings us together. Instead of being spread out over multiple buildings, we’ll be unified by our workspace, as well as our mission. Our future home has lots of spaces designed for collaboration and working in teams—with each other and with the broader webOS community. This is in addition to a clean modern design suited for developing the future of an important technology.

Equally important, we made this decision with your input in mind. We know that a great workplace is important you. You want the kind of environment that spurs creativity and encourages open exchange. We agree, and when you see this facility, you’ll get a sense of how it will support our best ideas and achievements.

I hope you are getting as enthusiastic about these plans as we are. As we get closer to our move date over the next several months, we’ll keep you updated on new developments and details.

Best,

Ari Jaaksi
Senior Vice President, webOS Software Engineering

Sam Greenblatt
Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Business

Martin Risau
Chief of Staff for CEO Meg Whitman

South Florida Classical Review

Garrick Ohlsson, a Chopin player for all seasons
South Florida Classical Review
2 with the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra this week in West Palm Beach and Miami. Photo: Wojciech Grzedzinski The watershed moment in Garrick Ohlsson's career is often taken to be his 1970 victory in the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition …

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Derek and Adam discuss HP's open source roadmap, Enyo everywhere, Jon Rubinstein's departure, and apps - what else?

• Download it directly with this link
• Subscribe via iTunes
• Subscribe directly to the Podcast feed with your favorite Podcatcher here
• Listen to it here with the player above

We want you to introduce the PalmCast. Email us an audio introduction to podcast@webosnation.com

Thanks to everybody for writing in!

News

• webOS 3.0.5 now available for TouchPad
• webOS 3.0.5 update makes future built-in app updates more flexible
• Review: HP TouchPad Go
• CyanogenMod 9 to bring Android Ice Cream Sandwich to TouchPad
• CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 brings Android 4.0 in rough form to TouchPad
• webOS "deeply flawed"? Point fingers at the plan, not the code
• HP appoints Bill Veghte as new Chief Strategy Officer, to lead webOS open source initiative
• Jon Rubinstein, former Palm CEO, leaves HP
• Brian Hernacki, Chief Architect of webOS, leaves HP
• Whitman thinks webOS "has huge advantages" over iOS and Android
• HP's open source webOS roadmap
• HP announces Enyo 2.0 application framework, open sources 1.0
• Open webOS 1.0, Enyo 2.0, and fulfilling the revised dream
• What is this Open webOS 1.0?
• Enyo is all up in your browsers, and there's nothing you can do about it
• First open source Enyo app jumping to other platforms: Paper Mache on Android, FlashCards everywhere
• Enyo goes Android: Paper Mache on ICS
• WebOS Internals releases Enyo for unloved webOS smartphones
• App Tuckerbox public release brings App Catalog feeds back to Preware
• Picsel expands Smart Office support to webOS 1.4.5, qualifies as awesome in our book
• Astraware reaches another sales mark as Sudoku HD gets released
• Project Macaw goes public in the webOS Nation Homebrew Gallery
• Auto-Update System Modification Technology to unite patches and themes in update glory
• February is fitness month at Mobile Nations

Thanks again to everybody for writing in as well as everybody that participated live in person and in the chat!

Credits

Thanks to the webOS Nation Store for sponsoring the PalmCast. You can email the PalmCast at podcast@webosnation.com or leave us a voicemail at 800-557-6819 x222.

Music comes from ccMixter.org, a great Creative Commons music site. Our specific music is the following:

• "The New Music" by Alex Beroza

Derek and Adam discuss HP's open source roadmap, Enyo everywhere, Jon Rubinstein's departure, and apps - what else?

• Download it directly with this link
• Subscribe via iTunes
• Subscribe directly to the Podcast feed with your favorite Podcatcher here
• Listen to it here with the player above

We want you to introduce the PalmCast. Email us an audio introduction to podcast@webosnation.com

Thanks to everybody for writing in!

News

• webOS 3.0.5 now available for TouchPad
• webOS 3.0.5 update makes future built-in app updates more flexible
• Review: HP TouchPad Go
• CyanogenMod 9 to bring Android Ice Cream Sandwich to TouchPad
• CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0 brings Android 4.0 in rough form to TouchPad
• webOS "deeply flawed"? Point fingers at the plan, not the code
• HP appoints Bill Veghte as new Chief Strategy Officer, to lead webOS open source initiative
• Jon Rubinstein, former Palm CEO, leaves HP
• Brian Hernacki, Chief Architect of webOS, leaves HP
• Whitman thinks webOS "has huge advantages" over iOS and Android
• HP's open source webOS roadmap
• HP announces Enyo 2.0 application framework, open sources 1.0
• Open webOS 1.0, Enyo 2.0, and fulfilling the revised dream
• What is this Open webOS 1.0?
• Enyo is all up in your browsers, and there's nothing you can do about it
• First open source Enyo app jumping to other platforms: Paper Mache on Android, FlashCards everywhere
• Enyo goes Android: Paper Mache on ICS
• WebOS Internals releases Enyo for unloved webOS smartphones
• App Tuckerbox public release brings App Catalog feeds back to Preware
• Picsel expands Smart Office support to webOS 1.4.5, qualifies as awesome in our book
• Astraware reaches another sales mark as Sudoku HD gets released
• Project Macaw goes public in the webOS Nation Homebrew Gallery
• Auto-Update System Modification Technology to unite patches and themes in update glory
• February is fitness month at Mobile Nations

Thanks again to everybody for writing in as well as everybody that participated live in person and in the chat!

Credits

Thanks to the webOS Nation Store for sponsoring the PalmCast. You can email the PalmCast at podcast@webosnation.com or leave us a voicemail at 800-557-6819 x222.

Music comes from ccMixter.org, a great Creative Commons music site. Our specific music is the following:

• "The New Music" by Alex Beroza

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