HP and 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS) ("3Com") today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3Com, a leading provider of networking switching, routing and security solutions, at a price of $7.90 per share in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $2.7 billion. The terms of the transaction have been approved by the HP and 3Com boards of directors.
This combination will transform the networking industry and underscore HP's next-generation data center strategy built on the convergence of servers, storage, networking, management, facilities and services. The resulting business outcome will help customers simplify the network, deploy a unique and innovative edge-to-core network fabric for the enterprise and improve IT service delivery capabilities, all delivered with best-in-class price-performance.
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Mi opinión, es algo normal que se veía venir, HP necesitaba hacerle frente y poner un poco de competencia a Cisco en cuanto a seguridad, VoIP, etc, que era un mercado que básicamente Cisco acapara. Ahora bien habrá que ver que tal les resulta, pues la línea ProCurve no es lo mejor y solo está en LAN SW, será ver que sucede con esto, aunque la tiene díficil competir con Cisco.