Hewlett-Packard’s break-up plan will give the company’s cloud unit more room to maneuver, which it needs to make faster progress on private and public clouds. But success will still be hard fought because of a slow start.

HP will be split into two companies within 12 months: Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will get the enterprise hardware, software and services businesses and HP Inc. the PC and printing businesses, the company announced Monday.

Along with storage and networking, the company will depend on cloud services for its growth. Like other old-school IT companies, HP has had trouble finding its place in the cloud as services from the likes of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google have become increasingly popular. But the split could turn out be a good thing for the cloud unit.

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