HP takes aim at rivals with new server, possible deal

 

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The company readies new challenges to its competitors, as it looks to unseat venerable mainframe computers with its new Superdome and mulls a deal to boost its services business.

HP thinks big with Superdome servers The company is set to position its new Unix server as the successor to mainframe computers, the decades-old but still powerful bastions of corporate computing. HP takes aim at Sun, IBM with Superdome Hewlett-Packard will unveil its new Unix server tomorrow in the midst of a resurgent, profitable and crowded Unix server environment. HP, PwC deal looks healthy, but complications loom news analysis The acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting arm would bring HP a highly trained force of 31,500 consultants. But integrating the two companies won't be easy.