Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson examines Hewlett-Packard’s split into two companies and a potential investment in Snapchat by Yahoo. He speaks with Betty Liu on “In the Loop.” (Oct. 6 -Bloomberg)
Hewlett-Packard Breaks Into Two Units to Stay Competitive - Bloomberg: "Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is splitting into two companies, using a breakup to become nimbler after failing to keep up with the shift away from the printing and personal-computing businesses it pioneered." see also: Meg Whitman will be CEO of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and nonexecutive chairman of HP Inc.
Expri's analysis: One big Silicon Valley dinosaur, splits into 2 dinosaurs? One for enterprise in the model of IBM, and one for printers (2/3) and PCs. Doesn't sound like "innovation" but it may improve "shareholder value." Hard to see how HP is going to effectively compete against the likes of Lenovo, Oracle, Google, Amazon. Microsoft, et al.
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