Yesterday a very small piece of news drew my attention. Could we be seeing an attempt by HP to refocus? Let us be honest, ever since their Autonomy acquisition HP has been in free-fall.
Hewlett-Packard‘s effort to build ARM servers will get a helping hand from Texas Instruments, who will provide chips based on the latest ARM processor design. Notice that no mention is made of Intel here.
The TI chips will be offered as part of Project Moonshot, which is HP’s effort to build and deliver low-power servers with either Intel or ARM processors. The first servers are projected to ship commercially in the second quarter and are available only to select customers for testing in HP’s labs. Innovation in the server industry is a must-have for any enterprise business. Servers ultimately play a very big role for any business.
Is this a calculated first move by Meg Whitman to ensure that HP becomes an enterprise first business? Is HP going to look at slowly selling off their other divisions? The Server business is one which HP can dominate as their ProLiant line is deemed an industry standard by enterprises worldwide. So Meg, is this the plan or is there another plan?
