HP considering to merge printer, PC units

Posted on Wednesday, September 30 2009 @ 18:59 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

HP is considering to merge its printer unit with its PC business, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

The move would be an about-face for the company, which combined the printer and PC units before in 2005 when then-CEO Carly Fiorina was looking to boost the company's struggling PC business. The company's printer business was so successful that some were calling for the company to spinoff the division.

However, just five months after Hurd took over the HP helm after Fiorina's ouster by the board in 2005, he split them up again and appointed Bradley, former chief executive of PalmOne, as new leader of its personal systems group.

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