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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. March 2004: Autonomy acquires NativeMinds and Cardiff Software. March 2010: Apotheker says he wants to transform HP from a hardware producer to a software and services provider.

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Managing the Pipeline

LeanEssays

Then the IT people assigned to my projects don’t know anything about my business, so the team spins its wheels for a long time before it gets traction. In an attempt to impose discipline and cut costs, XYZ centralized software development. Efficiency? What a joke.” The problem was, XYZ’s products were largely based on software.