I've been with Atos for the last 2 years (after being kicked out by HPE). During those two years NOT A SINGLE ONE of the customers I've engaged with has adopted the HPE IT solution that has been presented to them as one of our catalog options. If this is representative of the market, I don't visualize this Company existing as a stand-alone independent public one past 2019.
The HPE Next initiative will simplify/narrow its target market to a lower category in which they will not be able to compete with the new small/mid competitors innovating in those segments. They can always buy some great companies out there, but they simply can't integrate them effectively (especially as HPE Next will get rid of 3 out of 4 current employees during the next 2 years - who can work focused in such bloodbath?). To be very honest, I have no idea how there can still be people in this Company not aggressively looking for jobs somewhere else. It's simply insane...