<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2036190,00.asp?kc=EWEWEMNL102306EP16C">Hewlett-Packard, Intel, and Oracle are teaming up</A> on a push to make it easier for users to modernize their applications that currently reside on mainframes. The three vendors are unveiling the Application Modernization Initiative at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. Mark Hurd, HP's chairman, president and CEO, will announce the program during his keynote address at the show.