"Just like HP we realized this is going to allow us to be a more agile and nimble organization with a sales force focused exclusively on the next generation data center," he said. "It's a lot of heavy lifting to get the PC and printer guys to cross the chasm. This is going to allow us to make decisions quicker and invest more in the next generation data center business."

Ayres said he sees the split as a big plus for MCPc next generation data center sales reps that will "wake up every day thinking about selling data center solutions" with a compensation plan that drives those solutions. Having HP structured in the same manner is going to be a big plus for MCPc, said Ayres.

Ayres said he expects HP CEO Meg Whitman to make some game changing enterprise acquisitions with a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company that has no debt and is structured to grow through acquisitions.

Whitman told CRN in an interview this week that the split into two businesses paves the way for the new enterprise business to flex its acquisition muscle. "Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will be better able and more quickly able to make acquisitions that further the new style of IT," she said.

Whitman's comments came after HP informed Wall Street analysts Monday that the company is still dealing with material, non-public information that could indicate a potential acquisition is being discussed.

Ayres said he sees the possibility that HP could buy a number of enterprise companies that MCPc already does business with leading to lower cost of deployment of the offerings in the next generation data center.

"I think what is going to happen with this consolidation is that you are going to wind up with less complexity for the customer and less costs for partners," he said. "It is a very exciting time to bring together best of breed technology vendors we are already doing business with."

One solution provider CEO, who is attending the BoB conference, but did not want to be identified, said there are many large companies that should be looking at splitting up. "I am sure there are a lot of companies evaluating whether they should do these kinds of splits and what impact it will have on their investors, customers and partners," the chief executive said.

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