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IBM In Talks To Sell x86 Server Business To Lenovo

Posted by timothy on from the biggish-blue dept.

FrankPoole writes "According to CRN, IBM is in serious negotiations to sell its low-end x86 server business to Lenovo, which is looking to grow its server revenue. If the deal goes though, it will be the second time in eight years that Big Blue has exited a major hardware business and sold the operation to Lenovo. IBM sold its PC business to Chinese computer maker in 2005."

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  1. Summary should probably also mention... by Type44Q · · Score: 4, Informative

    The summary should probably also mention that IBM sold off their entire storage division to Hitachi...

    1. Re:Summary should probably also mention... by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Informative

      . . . and Networking Hardware Division to Cisco . . . and Federal Systems Division to Loral . . .

      Some companies start as small operations in people's garages.

      IBM holds garage sales.

      Although, it should be noted that they buy a lot of software businesses . . . like Lotus . . . Tivoli . . . Rational . . .

      --
      Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
  2. Re:IBM should just drop the M by ebno-10db · · Score: 4, Informative

    but they ought to just drop the M and call themselves 'International Business'.

    Correction: 'India Business'.

  3. Re:Lenovo - a collector of IBM garbage by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Informative

    IBM PCs were hardly garbage when IBM sold it. The ThinkPad line was highly regarded and the business as a whole was doing ok. The profits were low and declining but that was due to the cutthroat competition and commoditization of PCs rather than anything majorly wrong with IBMs.

    Looks like Lenovo has done well since buying the Thinkpad line. They're the only PC maker with a pulse right now.