HP shakes up organization, will combine printer and PC units

March 21, 2012 7:13 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

As rumored yesterday, Hewlett-Packard has announced a major reorganization that will merge its PC and printer groups, a move it hopes will improve performance and profits.

“This combination will bring together two businesses where HP has established global leadership,” HP …

Stock market to HP: WTF?

August 19, 2011 5:52 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

“I don’t even want to look at the stock price today.”

That was the reaction I heard from a longtime Hewlett-Packard employee today, after HP announced yesterday it planned to shut down its webOS tablet business and then spin off …

With HP’s PC spinoff, vertical integration falls out of favor

August 18, 2011 12:59 PM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Big companies go through a particular life cycle when it comes to expansion and vertical integration: They spend a lot of time growing businesses and then acquiring new ones. Hewlett-Packard did this when it acquired Compaq in 2001 under then-CEO …