Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday it will dissolve its Global Operations organization and delegate the group’s activities to the company’s three main business groups as part of an ongoing companywide restructuring.HP’s Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), Personal Systems Group (PSG) and Technology Solutions Group (TSG) now are responsible for supply-chain, procurement, logistics, order-fulfillment and marketing functions—such as HP.com and CRM—that once were a part of Global Operations.Specifically, companywide supply-chain operations and global procurement services are now the responsibility of PSG, while worldwide logistics and strategy planning and modeling activities will reside in IPG, said Alexa Hanes, an HP spokeswoman. IPG also is responsible for Internet and marketing services and content management, which includes HP.com. The realignment puts TSG in charge of equipment management, worldwide and regional sales operations, and CRM functions.Tuesday’s move is part of an effort HP began in July 2005 to simplify the company’s structure and reduce costs. At the time, HP said there would be about 15,300 layoffs due to the restructuring. The company also killed its Customer Solutions Group and moved those salespeople into the product groups they were serving at the time. The entire restructuring, which is expected to be complete by the end of fiscal 2006 on Oct. 31, will improve HP’s profitability through US$1.9 billion in annual cost savings, the company has said. Hanes said some workers may be let go as part of Tuesday’s realignment, but the company has not made any final decisions. If there are layoffs, they will be part of the 15,300 already announced by the company, she added. -Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service (San Francisco Bureau)Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe