Dell seeks services gains with Perot Systems buy – MarketWatch — Now this is getting interesting.
In what is the largest acquisition Dell Inc. has attempted in its 25 years, the computer technology giant said Monday it would acquire Perot Systems Corp. for $3.9 billion in a deal it hopes will aid its effort to challenge chief rival Hewlett-Packard Co. in the IT services industry.
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Duuude yer gettin’ a Dell. Maybe Ross Perot (assuming he still lives) can be your new mascot.
Wow he sold EDS for billions, then started Perot Systems as basically the same company, and gets another 4 billion?
The IT service industry is in the can.
If Ross Perot could not turn Roger Smith and GM around does Dell and the computer industry have chance and a hope ?
At first it seems stupid.
I wasn’t aware Dell even HAD the cash to buy another company.
That dell guy in the above pic needs to get slapped!
Well that does it. I guess this means that the Apocalypse is upon us, the end is nigh…
Do I hear a giant sucking sound?
Perot Systems does a lot of IT support for Hospitals and other healthcare entities. I am running into more small to medium hospitals that are basically outsourcing most of their IT systems and support to Perot. This is a big target for Dell, and everyone else, seeing as all the stimulus money that will be spent to overhaul the helathcare system. Electronic medical records means more servers and storage systems to sell, and the associated support contracts that go with them.