Comments on: HP’s EDS Acquisition Misses Real Market Opportunity

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THINK IT Services » Blog Archive » Can HP Assure the Cloud? — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:49:06 +0000

[...] and services company who has made a big bet on the past ideas of traditional IT outsourcing with its acquisition of EDS rather than offering a comprehensive portfolio of services and solutions aimed at the new world [...]

By: Brian Childers

Brian Childers — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:08:00 +0000

Jeff, couldn’t agree more with your take on this deal and the whole ITO market. I was part of the CSC/General Dynamics IT outsourcing deal – the largest of its kind at the time. I saw both sides of that equation and the smoke screen that hides the details of those mega-deals. I’m sure there will by synergies gained from the HP/EDS deal, but at the cost of careers and frustrated clients as they work to unwind all the red tape….who’s on first? Your vision of SaaS and Managed Services a few years back is beginning to unfold. We are a society – nationally and internationally – driven by “pay by the drink” mentality. We’ll even pay a premium for it if we don’t have to “clean the kitchen and put away the dishes after we eat”. As the previous blogger noted – “You’re spot on!”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 May 2008 15:23:00 +0000

Jeff,
Your perspective is spot on…I believe HP made a real blunder here but time will tell. I am a customer of HP and I have been through the pain of having to deal with them when they acquired Mercury Interactive. For the most part, that was a market leading platform acquisition for SQA and SOA platform tools and they really struggled with that acquisition never mind the types of challenges associated with a the acquisition of a large services company that is WAY behind the curve like EDS…Remember the struggles IBM had trying to fold PWC into their culture and go-to-market scheme? I’m thinking there will be a major bloodletting here in terms of stripping EDS to the bone and leaving what’s left as road kill for the turkey buzzards to clean up…

By: Jim Yiapanis

Jim Yiapanis — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:23:00 +0000

The deal is merely a blip in the grand scheme of things in that it is not game changing and is a no brainer for HP to consolidate its current offerings. Indeed, it’s looking to recoup its investment within the first year. SaaS will continue to rise unabated and HP will need to be a little more imaginative in its acquisitions over the next 12 months if it is to make any headway.

By: Jim Yiapanis

Jim Yiapanis — Wed, 14 May 2008 02:22:00 +0000

The deal is merely a blip in the grand scheme of things in that it is not game changing and is a no brainer for HP to consolidate its current offerings. It is looking to recoup this investment within the first year. SaaS will continue to rise unabated and HP will need to be a little more imaginative in its acquisitions over the next 12 months.