Multiple choice

Which of the following companies announced that it will split itself into two separate publicly traded companies in October 2014?

  1. IBM

  2. HP

  3. Microsoft

  4. Dell

  5. Intel
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Explanation

In October 2014, Hewlett-Packard (HP) announced it would split into two separate publicly traded companies: HP Inc. (personal computers and printers) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (servers, storage, networking, and enterprise services). The split was completed in November 2015. This was one of the largest corporate splits in technology history, aimed at allowing each entity to focus more sharply on its respective markets.

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