Roberson had been chief executive of Hitachi Data Systems, the data storage unit of Japan's Hitachi.
Hewlett-Packard said Friday that it hired David Roberson from rival Hitachi Data Systems to head HP’s data storage business.
Roberson starts his new job on May 30 and succeeds Bob Schultz, who has been running HP’s StorageWorks business after his appointment in January to senior vice president and general manager of the newly formed HP Enterprise Server and Storage Software organization, HP said. Roberson had been chief executive of Hitachi Data Systems, the data storage unit of Japan’s Hitachi.
Source: CNET