detail hewlett-packard was in the midst of a lot of upheaval had just gone through the acquisition of compaqthis guy who very few in silicon valley had heard of, mark hurd, who had run teracompany. big data turned out to be the future and he came in, did quite a bit of cutting at hp and got that ship sailing in the right direction, and then he ended up at oracle, controversy as he left hp over expense reports and a relationship with a contractor larry ellison, the cofounder and then ceo of oracle snapped hurd up the two had developed a relationship over business and conversation and tennis, a shared love of tennis between ellison and hurd a few years ago, he got the title of ceo under larry ellison and hurd had been the public face of oracle, leading sales, just leading the charge in the cloud as that company continues to transform in the cloud era. larry ellison sent out a note to oracle staff this morning, just talking about mark hurd as his friend and one who will be truly missed, guys >> john, thank you jon fortt. up next, the big brexit impact we'll hear from irish ambassador daniel mul