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HP’s CEO on how the pandemic is accelerating change in technology and business — Fortune [Podcast]

“We are witnessing the dawn of a new age,” HP CEO Enrique Lores said at the company’s Reinvent conference this year, writes McKenna More.

Here is the link to the podcast: https://fortune.com/2020/10/13/hp-ceo-enrique-lores-coronavirus-covid-pandemic-technology-hewlett-packard/

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