Whitman steps down as HP Enterprise CEO
Shares fall over 6%; move comes as customers switch operations from servers to cloud
San Francisco
MEG Whitman on Tuesday announced that she will step down as chief executive of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE), ending a six-year tenure that included overseeing one of the biggest corporate break-ups in history.
Shares of HPE fell more than 6 per cent in after-hours trading. Known for its computer servers, HPE is still adjusting to a new landscape in which corporate customers are placing more of their digital operations in the cloud and moving away from purchasing their own equipment.
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