itwbennett writes “Well, that was fast. Earlier this week the rumor mill was getting revved up about a potential sale of IBM’s x86 server business, with Lenovo, Dell, and Fujitsu reportedly all interested in scooping it up. On Thursday, Lenovo Group announced it has agreed to buy IBM’s x86 server hardware business and related maintenance services for $2.3 billion. The deal encompasses IBM’s System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, x86-based Flex integrated systems, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers and associated software, blade networking and maintenance operations. IBM will retain its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.
