HP to keep PC business

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　　"HP objectively evaluated the strategic, financial and operational impact of spinning off PSG. It's clear after our analysis that keeping PSG within HP is right for customers and partners, right for shareholders¹, and right for employees," Meg Whitman, HP president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

　　On Aug. 18, former CEO Leo Apotheker said HP was considering spin off the PC business, which drove shares of the company to plunge² 20 percent the following day.

　　HP then said its board of directors has authorized³ the exploration of strategic alternatives for the PSG, and it will consider a broad range of options that may include a full or partial separation of the PC business through a spin-off or other transaction.

　　According to HP, the review so far revealed the depth of the integration⁴ of its PC division that has occurred across the company's key operations including supply chain and procurement⁵.

　　In addition, it indicated that the division has made significant contributions to HP's solutions portfolio⁶ and overall brand value.

　　"Finally, it also showed that the cost to recreate these in a standalone company outweighed⁷ any benefits of separation," HP said in a press release announcing the latest decision.

　　HP is now the world's largest PC-maker with revenues of the PC division totaling 40.7 billion U.S. dollars for fiscal⁸ year 2010, according to figures from the company.

　　A recent report from market research firm Gartner found that in the third quarter of 2011, HP's PC shipments grew 5.3 percent year- on-year, faster than the industry average of 3.2 percent, and its share in global PC market actually increased slightly to 17.7 percent.

　　Though the PC division has a lower margin⁹, the position and scale as the world's No. 1 PC-vendor gives HP advantage to negotiate with other suppliers and helps its other businesses, analysts¹⁰ said.

　　The announcement to keep the PC unit is seen as the first major move of HP under new CEO Whitman, who took the job just over a month ago after replacing Apotheker on Sept. 22.

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