bengaluru last friday vishal sikka ceased to be the ceo and managing director of infosys and got a new designation as executive vicechairman in less than a week he has lost that position too on thursday sikka stepped down from the company with immediate effectbut things dont look too bleak for sikka according to multiple sources he is most likely to join the 50billion hewlett packard enterprise hpe it company as chief technology officer cto sikka did not respond to an email sent by toi on wednesday night asking him if indeed he was joining the iconic american firm hpe was created in 2015 when it split from hewlettpackard it has about two lakh employees hpe sells data centre hardware and software while hp sells personal computers and printersmeg whitman who unsuccessfully contested the california governors race in 2010 on a republican ticket is the chairman of hpe last year martin fink the cto of hpe had stepped down the company has not filled that position sikka is said to have been offered that role sikka who has a doctorate in artificial intelligence from stanford was the cto of german enterprise software maker sap before joining infosys three years agothough sikka had told toi in an exclusive interaction last friday that he had no concrete plans postinfosys and that he hoped to go surfing and spend time with his family according to sources he has been evaluating multiple options and the one hes most likely to opt for is the job at hpsikka had made moving infosys up the value chain with greater emphasis on ai with the nia platform and automation the centre of his plan to transform the countrys second largest it company something which his critics said he didnt succeed in despite three years at the job but which he believed he had made major inroads into