

“I’m incredibly proud of all we’ve accomplished since I joined HP in 2011. Today, Hewlett Packard moves forward as four industry-leading companies that are each well positioned to win in their respective markets. Now is the right time for Antonio and a new generation of leaders to take the reins of HPE. I have tremendous confidence that they will continue to build a great company that will thrive well into the future.”
Who Is New HPE CEO Antonio Neri?
For his part, Neri is a long-term HPE and HP veteran. Among his career milestones, according to the company:- He joined HP in 1995 in 1995 as a customer service engineer in the EMEA call center.
- He went on to hold various roles in HP’s Printing business and then to run customer service for HP’s Personal Systems unit.
- In 2011, Neri began running the company’s Technology Services business, then its Server and Networking business units, before running all of Enterprise Group beginning in 2015.
- As the leader for HPE’s largest business segment, comprising server, storage, networking and services solutions, Neri was responsible for setting the R&D agenda, bringing innovations to market, and go-to-market strategy and execution.
- Neri was appointed President of HPE in June 2017.
- In addition to leading the company’s four primary lines of business, as President, Neri has been responsible for HPE Next, a program to accelerate the company’s core performance and competitiveness.
- “The world of technology is changing fast, and we’ve architected HPE to take advantage of where we see the markets heading. HPE is in a tremendous position to win, and we remain focused on executing our strategy, driving our innovation agenda, and delivering the next wave of shareholder value.”
HPE: Showing Progress... But
Still, the journey forward won't be easy. Although HPE now has modern offerings in the hyper converged data center market, the company is still looking for a home-run growth answer to public cloud services. HPE's latest quarterly results suggest cloud services continue to greatly pressure the company's core server business.For example:- Servers revenue was down 5%;
- Storage revenue was up 5%;
- Networking revenue was up 21%; and
- Technology Services revenue was up 2%.