HP Split Teaches Valuable Lessons About IT Consolidation in the Cloud
June 7, 2015
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Scott Petersen.
For Hewlett-Packard, it seems, breaking up really isn’t that hard to do after all. First of all, it’s actually happening. The new Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and the consumer PC and printer company HP Inc. are going to be operationally separated on Aug. 1, right on schedule, officials said this week at the HP Discover 2015 conference.
The legal separation will occur Nov. 1. It’s going to be the end of an era, not only for a venerable Silicon Valley company, but also for customers who can no longer ignore the benefits cloud computing can bring to their businesses and who must adapt their IT infrastructures to take advantage of those opportunities. The new Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is in a unique position to meet those needs…
Not only does it have the products and services to help companies make that transition, the split-up of HP itself has given the company first-hand experience to enable customers to "start the journey with HP"—a common refrain here this week. The split is not only the right move for HP, but it’s also happening at the right time for company and its customers…
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