A Hewlett Packard or simply HP, is one of the largest companies in the segment of computers and printers. With the fall in sales of PCs, mainly due to the great advance of mobile devices, the American giant needs to make a change of strategy.
This change was confirmed today and involves the division of the company. This plan will run until the end of 2015, where two companies will appear:
- A company focused on servers, software and cloud technology, which will be called Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. This company will be led by the current HP CEO, Meg Whitman.
- The other company will focus on computers and printers, which will be called HP Inc and led by Dion Weisler, who is currently executive vice president of the printing and personal systems sector at HP. Still, the current CEO, Meg Whitman will be a non-executive chairman of the board of HP Inc.
HP's hope is that the division will also give them more time to focus - so they can get back to driving growth, rather than just eliminating segments.
Speaking of deleting segments, more than 5000 people will be affected by this division, that is, they will be dismissed from the company.
HP sees a bright, long-term future for its software unit, and investors are eager to see strong investment in this area. Dividing the company in two will allow management, make decisions that are right for each party, prevent the PC business from dragging HP's “good name” into the mud.
For Angola this division will not influence much, since it is one of the privileged markets in Africa, just go to an electronics store to confirm how many HP products will find. In fact, this change can cause products to be developed that best adapt to the realities of each continent (for example, an HP dustproof laptop, I thanked). Nevertheless, the Angolan officials of the representation of HP Angola well may be on this list of 5 thousand laid off.
Over the next few days, more details about this division will be announced ...
[Source]: Forbes || The Telegraph
