A summary of revenue:
[HP’s] software division - IT Management, Application Development, Vertica, security and Autonomy - turned over $3.91bn in fiscal 2013 ended last November, down from $4.06bn in the previous year.
With software, it’s good to focus on profits as well, as the margins are much higher.
A common problem with large companies is getting cross-selling, inside and out of the company:
“The biggest challenge for HP Software,” Youngjohns says, “is to get access to that broad range of HP partners and resellers, people selling systems and device solutions, to convince them software ought to be part of that proposition.”