HP buys UK software and plans to split PC

Newspaper reporter is winter and winter in the global science and technology industry is brewing a storm of innovation.　　On 18th, Hewlett-Packard said it was considering splitting its PC business and would spend 11.7 billion of billions of dollars on its acquisition of British software maker Autonomy, while halting production of tablet computers and smartphones using webOS systems during the year.　　It was the second "quake" this week following Google's 12.5 billion dollar takeover of Motorola's mobile technology industry, unlike Google's acquisition to strengthen the Android system and increase the number of patents, but the end of HP's development of smartphones and tablets was a weakness for competition in the post-PC era. "This is the first day of our transformation," says Apotheker, HP's chief executive.　　"After the break-up, HP will turn from a traditional computer maker to a software and service provider."　　Hewlett-Packard's adjustment strategy did not win the favor of investors, Hewlett-Packard shares fell 5.99% on the same day, as 23:10 Beijing time 19th, HP plunged 19.18% to 23.85 U.S. dollars.　　In the footsteps of IBM, Hewlett-Packard said yesterday that its board was assessing strategic options for the PC business, including a "total or partial break-up" of the PC business unit by stripping or other means of trading, and is expected to be completed within the next 12-18 months. Earlier this year, there had been rumours that HP was considering splitting the PC business, but Bradley, the vice-president for computer services at the time, stressed that the importance of the PC business for HP was self-evident and that the company would not change its operations strategy. Hewlett-Packard became the world's largest PC maker in 2002 after completing its takeover of Compaq.　　According to IDC data from the information company, HP 2010 PC shipped more than 64 million units, the market share of 18.5%. However, with the rise of tablets and changes in consumer demand, the global computer business is growing slowly, according to IDC, the PC industry grew only 2.6% in the second quarter of this year.　　HP's 18th earnings also confirmed the decline of the personal computer business, which, as of the third quarter of July, was down 3% to $9.6 billion in the personal computer business, but still the biggest source of revenue for HP, despite a 1.6% per cent year-on-year increase in revenue.　　Rather than just sales, the Wall Street Journal said manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard could expect to get 2% to 6% of the profit margins on PCs, while analysts estimate that the profit margin of Apple's Mac is around 15%. The company has been discussing how to shift HP's business direction in recent days, Mr. Lee said. "If you want to succeed in consumer equipment, you have to invest a lot of money, but I think we can put our money in a better place, which is HP's business unit." "In fact, HP is taking the PC industry" predecessor "IBM's old Way, in 2005, IBM sold its PC business to Lenovo Group, turned intoFor technology services, the company is now planning to spend 11.7 billion of billions of dollars on the acquisition of UK software Autonomy, the third-biggest deal in HP's history, and HP has reinvented itself through a merger that includes EDS and 3Com. Reuters quoted Ycmnet Advisors CEO Michael Yoshikami as saying that HP is recognizing the fact that the world is already recognized, from a consumer's point of view, hardware is no longer a high-growth business, "It is no longer a place to make money, which is consistent with the new executive's view, They want more service and more business orientation.　　"In addition, while splitting the PC business will increase HP's overall profitability, it would also reduce HP's revenue by about one-third per cent."　　Bow to the apple?　　On the 18th earnings call, Lee Ai said the company had been "affected by the tablet", with analysts saying that the tablet computer the company was referring to was Apple's ipad.　　According to HP's plan to shut down tablets and smartphones in October this year, it marks an outright failure of HP's $1.2 billion dollar takeover of Palm last year, which has been listed by foreign technology media as one of the 10 stupid mergers and acquisitions of technology industry. HP's takeover of Palm, which was intended to occupy a place on smartphones and tablets, was a piece of apple, but, like other Apple rivals, could never really shake Apple's status.　　Hewlett-Packard's first tablet computer, touchpad, was cut 100 dollars soon after the IPO, but still sold poorly. Market Research institute Gartner data shows that webOS smartphone global market share is less than 1%.　　Gleacher analyst Marshall said Apple single-handedly kicked HP out of the PC, smartphone and tablet market.　　With HP's exit, Apple and Google will be the biggest winners in consumer electronics, though there are still other traditional giants such as Samsung and BlackBerry. According to Gartner, global tablet sales are set to quadruple by 17.6 million in 2010 this year, to 69 million. Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has said the future of tablet computers and smartphones will be greatly enhanced, and the world will usher in a post-PC era.　　After Google's takeover of Motorola Mobility, the post-PC era's giants appear to have emerged. However, despite HP's intention to abandon the PC business, the opportunities for corporate sales remain. Many companies are using web technology to change the way they handle computing tasks, according to the Wall Street Journal, a trend known as cloud computing.　　HP is one of the biggest sellers of server systems that manage such applications. It is worth noting that Fitch is about to acquire the autonomy is a cloud computing provider, the software and services required by companies far higher than the PC business. Research company Marvell BUsiness study analyst Hanlin said it was noteworthy, not least because of the scale of the investment, which actually showed the HP board's trust in Apotheker and his vision.