Just yesterday I wrote about how HP was going to remove Apotherker as CEO. So now that has come to be. They have announced that Meg Whitman as president and CEO of HP. Also Ray Lane has been promoted from non-executive chairman to executive chairman or the board of directors. All of these moves have been announced by HP and are effective now. Whitman has this to say about her appointment as CEO of HP, “I am honored and excited to lead HP. I believe HP matters – it matters to Silicon Valley, California, the country and the world.” Now the question becomes where is the focus going to be? HP just started making moves to become more of a software solution than a hardware solution. Does Meg pull back from that stance or try to leverage it the best she can to make it work. HP has made some big moves as of late, most notably giving away all of their HP touchpads for almost nothing compared to the tablets that are on the market now. Meg has a true uphill battle to make HP a better company.