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Hewlett Sends PCs Packing
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Winkler says the Autonomy acquisition could be a useful step in executing H-P CEO Apotheker's new strategy to focus on higher margin businesses, but it comes at an expensive price tag. H-P paid ten times expected revenue for Autonomy, or 20 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. This is too much cash considering that the share price of H-P has dropped by half since February 2011.
An Inside Look at Autonomy Inc.- the acquisition that cost HP a $8.8 billion charge in 2012
08/19/2011
What started out as an opportunity for H-P to enter the voluminous data analysis field and compete with the likes of IBM ends up quickly in a huge and disastrous loss.
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