Last Week's News, By The Numbers

It was a big week for quarterly earnings reports, starting with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc., a little more than a year after they were spun off from the old Hewlett Packard. Meanwhile, solution provider giant Presidio announced it would launch an initial public offering of stock next year.

7 percent – Year-over-year drop in server revenue for Hewlett Packard Enterprise during its 2016 fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Oct. 31. HPE said server revenue fell to $3.52 billion from $3.77 billion. CEO Meg Whitman told Wall Street analysts that HPE is poised to make channel changes aimed at shoring up its declining industry standard server (ISS) sales.

$12.47 billion - HPE's overall sales for the quarter, down 7 percent from $13.44 billion in the year-ago quarter. The Wall Street consensus was $12.8 billion.

8.2 percent – Year-over-year revenue drop in printers for HP Inc. during its 2016 fiscal fourth quarter. CEO Dion Weisler said he's out to "radically simplify and enhance" the way his company engages with partners as it confronts a competitive market, especially in its PC and printer businesses. HP's Q4 profit declined to $492 million, from $1.32 billion, a year earlier. Overall revenue rose 2 percent to $12.51 billion.

$3 billion – Potential value of the expected initial public offering of stock for solution provider giant Presidio, according to the Wall Street Journal. The New York-based company – No. 20 on CRN's Solution Provider 500 list – is expected to launch the IPO in 2017, the Journal reported. Presidio last week reported annual sales growth of 14 percent, to $2.71 billion, on a net loss of $3.4 million for its fiscal year 2016.

$6.49 billion – Third-quarter fiscal 2017 sales for distributor Tech Data, up 1 percent from $6.43 billion in the third quarter of the prior year. The new sales figure beat Seeking Alpha's projection of $6.36 billion. CEO Bob Dutkowsky said his company's purchase of Avnet Technology Solutions should help with getting out of the eroding traditional storage business and into the stronger flash and solid-state storage market.