HP's New CEO Has Software Bent

摘要

While analysts are split over whether former SAP CEO Leo Apotheker has the experience to run a $120 billion company, most agree that his appointment as Hewlett-Packard Co.'s CEO late last month was a way to tell the world that HP's future is software.rn"One of the fastest-growing and [most] profitable parts of HP has been its software business," said Frank Gillett, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. "Software is where the magic and differentiation get created."