Hewlett-Packard about to split into two companies – Boursorama

Hewlett-Packard about to split into two companies – Boursorama

Hewlett-Packard could be separated into two entities.

The group envisages separate the activities of PC manufacturing and printers dedicated to business services (business software, servers …) branch.

Definitely, for businesses, cut in half is all the rage right now. Hewlett-Packard American IT group (HP) plans to split into two separate entities by 2015 This decision, according to the Wall Street Journal, was to be announced Monday, October 6, comes just days after the turn taken by the eBay auction site to cut ties with its affiliate payment system, PayPal. For Hewlett-Packard, it would separate the manufacturing activities of PCs and printers dedicated to business services (business software, servers …) industry, according to sources familiar with the matter. Each shareholder of the

group would distribute shares of both entities. Meg Whitman, who heads together for three years, would become CEO of the business services and president of the PC and printer industry. The former boss of Alcatel Lucent, Patricia Russo, who is currently a director of Hewlett-Packard, would end propelled president of business services activities, while Dion Weisler, current vice president for PC and printer take the lead general of the industry. ETERNAL PUZZLE This demerger proposal is yet another in a long series. For years, leaders who have succeeded at the head of Hewlett-Packard are trying all kinds of puzzle between the various entities to halt the decline of the computer giant. During the summer of 2011, Leo …

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