HP Corporation on 18th announced that will stop the production plate computer and the intelligent handset product, and possible to sell or the partition its personal computing Business agency, thus withdraws from the personal computer service.The comprehensive media on August 18 reported that HP Corporation (Hewlett-Packard Co. ) on 18th announced that will stop the production plate computer and the intelligent handset product, and possible to sell or the partition its personal computing Business agency, thus withdraws from the personal computer service.
This is in a HP 72 year history the scope biggest service adjustment, also has demonstrated HP CEO Li Ke (Leo Apotheker) most obvious reform intention: HP will transform for likely its long-term competitor IBM same enterprise.
10 years ago, HP in intense competitive tender blooming, purchases the Compaq computer by 24,000,000,000 US dollar price successes (Compaq Computer), also takes advantage of opportunity into the global biggest personal computing manufacturer. Until now HP already after three CEO, but new CEO also vows asks changes, decided that is separated from the personal computing service thoroughly.
The personal computing Business agency is HP receives the biggest department, but is also the rate of return lowest department. In the market has the rumor saying that for a long time HP possibly withdraws from the personal computing service, but HP also reprimands these 6 months ago to report that “irresponsible”, and expressed that “the personal computing service is in HP connection world strategy the core status”.
At present the personal computing service receives the intelligent handset which and the plate computer product dual extrusions is popular day after day, declines day after day in American and the European market personal computing profession.
However compares withdraws from the personal computing service the decision to compare, HP plans the intelligent handset which and the plate computer service closed it just to start is really surprising. HP enters these two service merely two years, accumulates successively on its intelligent handset brand Palm invests 1,800,000,000 US dollar research and development funds, researched and developed has received the field high praise the webOS operating system, but the market performance was not good. Its reason is mainly the intelligent handset and the plate computer market (Apple) and the google (Google) two companies monopolizes by the apple.
HP also announced that is purchasing the latter with Britain data analysis software developer Autonomy to carry on the negotiations. Some reports said that HP plans by 10,000,000,000 US dollars
The price purchases Autonomy. Autonomy issues the statement to confirm, and HP discussion purchase price. Regarding this, HP spokesperson calls the company the no comment.
Autonomy is the British second big software manufacturer, provides uses in the database retrieval the software. This company's customer including Coca-Cola, Nestle and US Securities trading Committee and so on.
But purchases Autonomy the decision-making also to symbolize that HP service center of gravity's change, causes its development path to be similar its competitor IBM Corporation. In the 1980s, IBM impels one of personal computing market development essential enterprises, but IBM sold finally in 2004 its personal computing Business agency, transferred, but concentrated the software and the service. (chilicity.com)
