Originally published on Gigaom Research. HP has announced its final quarterly results prior to the break up into Hewlett Packard Enterprise —…
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HP names more execs in its dual company strategy
When Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman announced plans to split the company in half in October, she said she would stay on as CEO…
Read MoreHP CEO: Biggest corporate split-up ever is no distraction
HP's braintrust says the largest corporate divorce in history is no distraction and even argued it was a good focusing exercise.…
Read MoreHP is better not together — company to split into enterprise and PC/printer businesses
It's true. The HP IT giant is dividing into two smaller, but still large entities, one focusing on enterprise IT, the other on PCs and printers.…
Read MoreYowza: EMC mulled merger with HP and possibly others, according to report
The Wall Street Journal reports that EMC and HP seriously discussed a "merger of equals," but talks broke down over fear that shareholders would not swallow the deal.…
Read MoreNot a shocker: HP names Whitman chairman of the board
Meg Whitman is now a triple-threat at HP -- adding chairman of the board to her existing titles of president and CEO.…
Read MoreWhich legacy IT company CEO has the worst job in tech? Meg Whitman or Ginni Rometty?
HP CEO Meg Whitman and her counterpart at IBM Ginni Rometty both took over huge companies at the crossroads but under drastically different circumstances. So who has it worse?…
Read MoreHP just can’t quit Windows 7
More trouble in paradise? HP continues its love-hate affair with Microsoft, promoting sale of discounted PCs running a four-year-old version of Windows.…
Read MoreHappy New Year, you’re fired. HP to cut more jobs than expected
IT giant expects to cut 5,000 additional jobs before October 31, bringing total job loss from restructuring announced in 2012 to 34,000.…
Read MoreWhitman: HP will enter 3D printing but not via acquisition
HP which has bought its way into many markets in the past, will forge its own, independent path in 3D printing, said CEO Meg Whitman.…
Read MoreAs goes IBM, so goes the enterprise
IBM posted disappointing news for financial analysts and shareholders last week, with a decline in revenue of 4% to $23.72 billion while profit rose 6%…
Read MoreThe perks and pitfalls of partnering; the week in cloud
Traditional vendor alliances are under stress (to say the least) but a few partnerships bucked the trend this week in cloud.…
Read MoreHow refreshing! Meg Whitman punctures the myth of vendor partnerships
By finally just saying what we've all known forever -- that Microsoft competes with its biggest and oldest partners, (Intel too!) HP's CEO let some fresh air into the room.…
Read MoreHP’s Meg Whitman follows Marissa Mayer’s lead: All Hands On Deck
Meg Whitman’s turnaround has not been going well. In late August Whitman told analysts that she doesn’t expect the company to grow…
Read MoreYou gotta be kidding me: HP’s back in the hunt for acquisitions
Gulp. Meg Whitman says Hewlett-Packard is back in the buying mood -- but not for Autonomy-sized companies -- to boost its product portfolio.…
Read MoreHP brags that Apple is interested in running Project Moonshot servers
Apple likes what it sees in Hewlett-Packard's new energy-sipping Project Moonshot servers. At least according to Hewlett-Packard.…
Read MoreWhat HP’s new cloud guy wants you to know about HP’s new cloud
Saar Gillai says HP's darkest days are behind it and with its new OpenStack cloud, the company is hitting its stride. Then again, what else would he say?…
Read MoreHere’s HP’s comeback tablet: the steel-framed, Android-based Slate7
The small sequel to the ill-fated TouchPad opts for Android, running on a dual-core processor. The big selling points appear to be a stainless steel shell and the inclusion of Beats Audio.…
Read MoreHP’s off-and-on romance with its PC business is on again
Revenue for Hewlett-Packard's personal systems was off 8 percent year over year, but Meg Whitman reiterated that the company is devoted to this margin-stretched business.…
Read MoreWelcome back, Michael Dell: It’s time to reclaim your name
Dell is filthy rich and his empire is spread wide and far. There is a lot he can do with his time - politics for example. The question is why is Michael Dell putting his reputation and fortune on the line. I have an answer.…
Read MoreReport: HP still has no idea what to do with itself
The latest drama in HP's ongoing saga is a decidedly wishy-washy story that suggests the board is considering a break up of the company's businesses.…
Read MoreCarly Fiorina is selling herself as political pundit; not everyone’s buying
Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, who left that company under a cloud, now paints herself as an economic whiz kid on Sunday morning talk shows. Note to Fiorina: Not everyone has amnesia.…
Read MoreHP cloud chief’s exit sparks more confusion
More questions around HP's cloud strategy cropped up this week with the reported departure of Zorawar Biri Singh, SVP of HP Converged Cloud and GM for HP Cloud Services.…
Read MoreAmazon’s Jeff Bezos gets more kudos, but challenges loom
Jeff Bezos, who founded Amazon 16 years ago, is the second-best CEO on the planet, according to Harvard Business Review's latest rankings. Last month Fortune named him its Business Person of the Year.…
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