Posted on Friday, April 19 2013 @ 14:03 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
The Register
heard rumors that iBM is considering to sell all or a portion of its x86 server business to Lenovo.
US channel mag CRN caught wind of something going down between IBM and Lenovo on Thursday and referenced an anonymous source with knowledge of the talks now going on, claiming that Big Blue is looking to sell off its System x business for between $5bn and $6bn.
Another source told CRN that the employees working in IBM's server product engineering facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina have been told that they will be Lenovo employees as of June 1.
The Wall Street Journal also quoted an unnamed source saying that some deal was going down to sell the IBM x86 server business to Lenovo.
