Posted on Thursday, November 12 2009 @ 18:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
HP announced it plans to acquire network equipment maker 3Com for $2.7 billion:
The deal is valued at $2.7 billion, or $7.90 per share. HP says the purchase is intended to boost its networking business, particularly in China, where most of 3Com's business is focused.
"By combining HP ProCurve offerings with 3Com's extensive set of solutions, we will enable customers to build a next-generation network infrastructure that supports customer needs from the edge of the network to the heart of the data center," Dave Donatelli, executive vice president and general manager of HP's Enterprise Servers and Networking business said in a statement.
3Com President and COO Ron Sege said he hoped that combining with HP's scale and large sales organization would allow him to get his products to more of the market quicker. "I want to be able to grow faster...now we're going to have it," he said.
Source: CNET
