HP shakes up cloud execs
March 2, 2015
Grazed from NetworkWorld. Author: Brandon Butler.
Last week was a busy one for HP, and specifically its cloud. Multiple media outlets reported that the company’s cloud chief – Marten Mickos – will no longer lead cloud efforts at HP. Mickos will stay on, but the company has three new executives heading up its Helion cloud platform.
Mickos came over to HP with the acquisition of Eucalyptus, an open source private cloud platform that has high fidelity with Amazon Web Services APIs. According to an internal memo cited by multiple media outlets, Mickos stepped down and will instead focus on what he says is his passion: “Identifying disruptive companies that transform the technology landscape."…
Last year HP committed to spending $1B in cloud computing. Does that mean Mickos will be on the lookout for other companies to acquire? There were also rumors of an HP-EMC merger. Could Mickos be exploring that?…
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