A Conversation With HP's Leo Apotheker

Meeting Leo

HP President and CEO Leo Apotheker is moving full steam ahead with a new strategy to push the world’s largest IT vendor into position to take a major role in the cloud computing, connected devices, software and services markets. In a recent interview with CRN, Apotheker discusses his view of HP’s channel, the role partners will play in cloud computing and how his software and sales backgrounds will help shape HP’s new direction. Here are edited excerpts of the conversation.