Oracle hires former HP exec David Donatelli to lead hardware business

Oracle has hired an HP executive David Donatelli as executive vice president, converged infrastructure. He will report directly to Oracle CEO Mark Hurd, the company said in its statement.In his new role, Donatelli will be responsible for Oracle infrastructure offerings including the company's engineered systems, server, storage, networking and tape products.[caption id="attachment_586854" align="alignleft" width="380"] Image: Reuters[/caption] He will also help the company respond to customer demand for Oracle's hardware solutions that operate in a hybrid cloud environment.Donatelli, most recently, served as executive vice president and general manager of the Enterprise Group at Hewlett-Packard. He led the group responsible for the enterprise hardware business, which includes storage, server, networking and converged infrastructure solutions."David joins Oracle at a pivotal time, when we are the only major hardware company in the industry experiencing growth," said Oracle CEO Mark Hurd. "I can think of no one more qualified to continue to accelerate our growth, differentiate our offerings, and further cement the leadership of Oracle's global hardware business.""In an industry where our hardware competitors are in chaos, Oracle stands alone with our strategy to engineer all layers of the software and hardware stack to work together seamlessly whether on premise or in the Oracle Cloud. No one else in the industry can do this and I'm excited to be a part of it," Donatelli said.