IBM Seeks To Minimize Disruption With PC Sale
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Ken Andre, CIO at packaging company Greif Inc. and an IBM customer, says he&#39;s not worried about IBM&#39;s sale of its PC business to China&#39;s Lenovo Group Ltd.
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IBM (IBM:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly ready to exit the PC business, having long lost its dominance in the arena. The report said Lenovo Group, China&#39;s top PC company, is among the interested bidders.
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NEW YORK - We may soon add IBM to the long, long list of companies exiting the thankless business of selling personal computers. According to a report in The New York Times, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people
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IBM IBM.N is looking to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to $2 billion, The New York Times reported on Friday, capping a gradual withdrawal from the business it pioneered.
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By Frank Norton and Anne Krishnan, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 30--Lenovo, which is trying to increase sales of its computers to consumers and small businesses, is teaming with IBM to roll out a new technical support service for those customers.
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This week, IBM said it is selling off most of its PC division to Lenovo, China's No. 1 PC maker. The news is likely to rattle IBM customers - but it may end up benefiting them long term. USA TODAY reporter Michelle Kessler answers some questions many IBM customers are asking:
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Industry watchers say a report that IBM Corp. has put its once-dominant personal computer business up for sale could signal the first move in a broader consolidation destined to shrink the number of PC manufacturers by about a third over the next couple of years.
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IBM said the strategy is to enable companies to centrally manage business applications and tools across employee devices. That should help companies cut IT support costs as well as build work
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IBM is expected to announce Tuesday after the close of the market an historic pact to sell its $11.5 billion PC business to China PC giant Lenovo, sources said.
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Perhaps it isn't quite as surprising as if Ford MotorÂ Co. suddenly decided to sell the Mustang sports car brand to Hyundai. But IBM's decision to sell its PC business to China's Lenovo Group underscores the challenges that manufacturers face in the modern PC business, even for a company synonymous with the product.
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GARTNER IT &amp; Software Asset Management Summit -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced details of its latest promotion to make it easier for companies to safely dispose of their unused IT assets.
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Company is considering a gradual exit from processor sales.
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IBM IBM.N is looking to sell  its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up  to $2 billion, The New York Times reported on Friday, capping a  gradual withdrawal from the business it pioneered.
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There are smart moves, and there are stupid moves. For some reason, IBM is selling ThinkPad, the best business notebook brand name, to some Far East discount outfit. That can't be a smart move. As a nonsmart counter-move, I figured I'd better break down and buy one of the darn things before none were left. So I did.
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Itâs competition time for PC makers, and good news for price-sensitive consumers. Thatâs how industry gurus are assessing the scenario, after last weekâs sensational announcement of the deal between Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group and US-based IBM.
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IBM Corp. has put its PC business up for sale, according to a story published on Friday on the Web site of The New York Times. IBM is discussing selling the business to
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IBM sold off a chunk of its stake in Lenovo Group, leading the world's third-largest PC vendor to temporarily suspend trading of its shares in Hong Kong on Tuesday.