[Info-vax] FWIW: HP to spin off PSG?

[Paul Sture]

In article <4e4db548$0$30811$c3e8da3$f017e9df at news.astraweb.com>,
 JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Rich Jordan wrote:
> 
> > Another article at WSJ
> > 
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903596904576516403053718850.ht
> > ml
> 
> 
> Wow. They are really writing off their acquisition of Palm. This is very
> soon after buying it.

Astounding indeed, but the TouchPad is already in trouble:

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/08/17/hp_touchpads_best_buy/

"Crates of HP fondleslabs are mounting up stateside at Best Buy as it 
emerged the retailer has shifted less than one-tenth of its 270,000 
strong unit order.

...

Other US retailers ­ including Wal-Mart, Micro Center and Fry's 
Electronics ­ are also facing the same dilemma, despite a series of 
price cuts."

<snip>

> 
> A couple weeks ago, I chatted with a Telstra employee in Australia, and
> he was of the opinion that enterprises realise that HP doesn't know what
> to do long term with its BCS systems, and as a result, companies are
> more and more moving to IBM or even Sun.  And I thought I was the only
> one with that opinion.

>From Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-18/hp-said-to-be-near-10-billion-au
tonomy-takeover-spinoff-of-pc-business.html

tinyurl:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/3nhdhe6

"Hewlett-Packard to Buy Autonomy for $10.3 Billion, Weighs PC Unit 
Spinoff

Autonomy, based in Cambridge, England, gives Hewlett- Packard software 
that searches a broad range of data, including e-mails, music, video and 
posts on social networks such as Facebook Inc."

Hmm maybe they could do something about the new HP Forums ;-)

Ah, more interesting:

"Autonomy, the second-largest U.K. software maker, offers programs used 
in database search. The company¹s customers include Coca-Cola Co. (KO), 
Nestle SA (NESN) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission."

That does look like a move back to the Enterprise.

An analysis ont The Register:

"Apotheker prescribes transformation elixir for HP"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/19/hp_q3_restructuring/

-- 
Paul Sture