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. 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. HP officials highlighted Apotheker record in driving software growth at SAP, as well as his support for research and development projects, an area that some analysts believe was de-emphasized during the former HP CEO Mark Hurd's tenure.