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sterlingice · 04-28-2010, 09:36 PM

It's an interesting acquisition and actually makes sense to HP as they keep trying to move into more and more corners of the enterprise market. First you had HP with printers, high-end enterprise equipment, and laptops/desktops merge with Compaq's ISS-level servers (by way of Digital) and laptops/desktops in 2002. Now in the last couple of years, they've shelled out a lot of coin for EDS (services to compete with IBM), 3Com (switches to compete with Cisco), and now Palm (to get into the phone space). They really are trying to become the one stop shop for corporate IT and it's been working pretty well lately.

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04-28-2010, 09:36 PM	#10
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	It's an interesting acquisition and actually makes sense to HP as they keep trying to move into more and more corners of the enterprise market. First you had HP with printers, high-end enterprise equipment, and laptops/desktops merge with Compaq's ISS-level servers (by way of Digital) and laptops/desktops in 2002. Now in the last couple of years, they've shelled out a lot of coin for EDS (services to compete with IBM), 3Com (switches to compete with Cisco), and now Palm (to get into the phone space). They really are trying to become the one stop shop for corporate IT and it's been working pretty well lately. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"