[Info-vax] OT: HP to retain ts PC division

[Paul Sture]

On Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:02:33 -0700, John Wallace wrote:

> On Oct 28, 3:45 pm, Paul Sture <paul.nos... at sture.ch> wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:02 -0400, JF Mezei wrote:
>> >http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/111027xa.html?mtxs=rss-
>> corp-news
>>
>> > PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 27, 2011
>>
>> > HP today announced that it has completed its evaluation of strategic
>> > alternatives for its Personal Systems Group (PSG) and has decided the
>> > unit will remain part of the company.
>>
>> One of the most significant comments I saw in the many discussions
>> about the proposed spin off of PSG was that HP might lose their
>> discount advantages from shifting so much Intel kit.

> Along similar lines, there'd probably be some impact on the Microsoft
> relationship too, at least for desktop stuff.

Yes, MS too.  As the following article points out, keeping PSG also gives 
them the ability to serve as a one stop shop for customers.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/2120987/hidden-value-hps-pc-
business/page/2

(note that URL is page 2 of the article):

"Effectively by keeping its PC business, HP has become a one-stop-shop 
for large businesses that want to deal with a single supplier. Spinning 
off or selling the PC business would abandon that full service IT vendor 
advantage, as HP has realised.

HP likes to promote itself as a firm that embraces open technologies and 
provides what the customer wants, not what it prescribes. The truth is 
that while HP might tell analysts and journalists that it likes to play 
well with other vendors, it knows that most businesses want to cut down 
the number of suppliers and that it can undercut rivals by offering a 
whole range of products and services all in one contract. It also helps 
that Oracle, its bitter rival, doesn't have a PC business."






-- 
Paul Sture