Newly named Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman deserves much credit for driving decision to maintain a private business – HP. While the system is open to debate whether PC themselves truly strategic customer and HP products, what is indisputable is that the era of the mobile company is upon us-and HP can't afford to be a non-existing players.
HP's credibility and future prospects took a big hit in mid-August when former management basically said the company is leaving everything from PCs to Tablets to Smartphones. In the stated yesterday that HP intends to commit itself to this platform in the future, Whitman has taken the first major step in restoring a sense of stability in the company of which appeared in the times over the last few months of uncertain direction and priority of a profound and important.
But just as important as the decision yesterday, HP should go beyond the initial date still does this symbolic move, and communicate to the world's strategic vision Is to deliver essential technology and an solutions: private system in the cloud, big Data, in real time visibility, in the computer's memory and in helping customers spend less of their precious it dollars in internal operations, and more on customer-facing opportunities.
Whitman and his team need to begin to articulate the vision of what HP is passionate about, what is going to fight for what it will do very well 300,000 employees, and most importantly what a unique and timeless value that will provide continual for customers-how HP will help them move faster, make better decisions, engage more closely with customers, and seize the opportunity.
Here are four questions which customers and prospects want to discuss with Whitman to measure the reach and depth of its commitment to focus on the future of the new HP: