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H.P. Claim Highlights a Gray Area in Software Sales
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Behind H-P's allegation of "serious accounting improprieties" is the misclassifcation of hardware sales as software sales. Hardware sales of 10-15% were unprofitable at Autonomy and helped to inflate margins from 30% to over 40% before the acquisition by H-P. H-P's Apotheker let his views of Autonomy as a growth engine and bonding with Autonomy founder Mike Lynch affect the process of due diligence, which is obvious now was not thorough in all aspects.
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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