Hewlett-Packard (HP) CEO Meg Whitman said this week that the company has reached the halfway point in its restructuring, with 15,000 employees left to cut to meet its layoff target. Whitman was appointed HP CEO in late 2011. She replaced CEO Leo Apotheker, who held that position just under a year. Hurd left in 2010 and is now is co-president at Oracle.