In the latest move that may bode well for HP’s expansion of webOS into the enterprise (we covered its new channel plans last week) the company has hired Mark Angelino as its new senior vice president, Global Distribution, HP Enterprise Business. His job will include managing relationships for the many types of companies (integrators, service providers, consultants and vendors) that help HP get its products into the hands of enterprise customers.

From a Palm perspective, Angelino’s prior positions (including sales and marketing jobs at Sprint Nextel and most recently serving as a senior executive for customer services at Salesforce.com, as well as a “long stint at IBM,”) may bode well for his being able to understand and promote the place of a mobile operating system and multitasking smartphones within the enterprise. We also note that, in making the announcement, HP made a point of highlighting Mr. Angelino’s background in "cloud computing, telecommunications and sales," all very relevant for promoting webOS smartphones and other devices.

We wish Mr. Angelino much success in his new role at HP, and hope to hear great things from him about webOS devices in the near future.

(Source: ITChannelPlanet)