Rivals take shots at $24bn Dell deal

Criddle joins Lenovo after 24 years at Intel, most recently as VP of EMEA for marketing and UK general manager

Dell Technologies’ total employee count shrank from 133,000 a year ago to 120,000 as of this month, down 9.7 percent. The tech giant is awaiting a turnaround in PC and infrastructure sales that has yet to materialise, according to its most recent earnings.

Partnership will "further strengthen [HP's] position as one of the leading providers of technology solutions in Europe," said Dave McQuarrie, CCO at HP.