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11 Nov 2009 22:50

Bring in the goths

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HP said it would buy 3Com Corporation, a provider of networking switching, routing and security solutions, on November 11. HP will pay $7.90 per share in cash or an enterprise value of approximately $2.7bn. The terms of the transaction have been approved by the HP and 3Com boards of directors.


 

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HP’s $2.7bn purchase of 3Com puts it squarely into Cisco’s realm. But Cisco’s already gunning after HP in servers. As Oracle-Sun, Dell-Perot and other deals suggest the traditional frontiers in technology no longer apply. The battlefield is wide open.

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