Here we go again. IBM(s ibm) is once more weighing a sale of its low-end x86 server business, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The report (registration required) echoes sentiments seen last April that the IT giant was looking to sell that business to Lenovo — a deal which, obviously, never happened. It’s unclear if Lenovo is in the mix now — Update: Bloomberg subsequently reported that Lenovo is very much in the hunt for IBM’s server business while the Journal noted Dell, now a private company, as a possible buyer.
Update: An IBM spokesman said the company does not comment on speculation, IBM could not be reached for comment, but it’s clear that the X86 server business is not the powerhouse it once was and that IBM CEO Virginia “Ginni” Rometty is reshaping the company around cloud computing — the very force that’s shaken up the server…
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