Friday, January 24, 2014

Lenovo to buy IBM’s low-end server business for $2.3bn


  •  Chinese computer giant Lenovo will buy IBM’s low-end server business for $2.3 billion.
  • IBM will receive $2.07 billion in cash and the rest in shares for the x86 business, Lenovo said, in a deal seen as helping the Chinese firm diversify away from the slumping PC-sales sector. 
  • IBM will still provide maintenance on behalf of Lenovo, while some 7,500 members of staff worldwide will be offered employment by theChinese company, according to Dow Jones.

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