From the article:
HPE kicked off its much-dreaded layoffs globally on Monday as part of its Next overhaul campaign.
The cuts were expected, but still cast a pall over the enterprise IT giant. In June, we revealed the existence of the HPE Next project: a radical three-year plan to overhaul HPE's processes and investments, and optimize its people and overheads to make itself relevant again.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/24/whats_hpe_next_an_unemployment_claim_for_thousands_of_workers_today/