IBM sells x86 server business rumors come back to Lenovo

"Tenkine Server channel January 21 News" Recently, IBM sales of x86 server business rumors were again spread by the media. Previously, IBM and Lenovo negotiated the sale of the x86 server business, but now Lenovo, but added Dell. IBM plans to sell low-end server business, and Dell has expressed interest in acquiring the business, according to the Wall Street Journal. And Lenovo has reopened negotiations with IBM over the acquisition of low-end server business.

Low-end servers mainly refer to the x86 architecture server, which typically uses the same processor as the PC for 17853.html ">" Servers. At present, the x86 server business is becoming more and more low in IBM's business composition. From the revenue point of view, IBM is currently the world's third largest x86 server provider. According to IDC Research data, 2012 IBM server market share of 15.7%, the business revenue of 5.6 billion U.S. dollars. It is worth mentioning that IBM last year's total revenue of 104.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Lenovo and Dell are now rumoured to be the potential buyers of IBM's x86 servers. The author is skeptical of Dell's x86 business, as Dell has just completed privatisation in 2013, and its acquisition consolidation before privatization was not done well. So Dell should not make a big deal again after privatisation. Lenovo is currently the most likely http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/10246.html "> acquisition of IBM x86 server business vendors.

Lenovo, which acquired IBM's PC business in 2005, is now a leader in the PC market. This shows Lenovo's advantage in consolidating acquisitions, and the other is that Lenovo is accelerating its transition to an enterprise-class business. IBM should also recognise the importance of linking to the x86 server business, which may well be accepted by higher selling prices. So if the news is true that IBM sells the x86 server business, Lenovo is the most likely company to have it.

Under the impact of cloud computing model, traditional server vendors face great challenges. Because the cloud computing model, on the one hand, enterprises adopt cloud computing model instead of purchasing brand server. On the other hand, the large cloud computing provider adopts the model of self-built data center, and the server purchase also adopts the model of independent design and ODM, which is not good news for the brand server manufacturer.

The future of the x86 server market positioning, x86 server market will go the way of the PC, these need server manufacturers to carry out in-depth thinking.