3. HP Splits Into Two With Sharper Channel Focus For Enterprise And PC-Printing

There is no company that has historically had a bigger impact on the channel than Hewlett Packard, the onetime largest IT vendor in the world at $110 billion.

Partners say the split into two new Fortune 50 companies effective Nov. 1 -- $53 billion Hewlett Packard Enterprise and $55 billion HP Inc. -- will result in two faster, more agile and innovative companies sure to set a new channel pace.

Dan Molina, CTO of Nth Generation Computing, one of Hewlett Packard Enterprise's top partners and No. 300 on the 2015 CRN Solution Provider 500 list, sees the split making Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. living examples of what customers themselves need to do to be more successful in a market where the IT landscape is changing at a blistering pace.

"We are trying to help our customers become more agile," he said. "I think HP is showing a lot of leadership by splitting up. By splitting in two, it is going to allow both companies to be better."