NEW YORK: Hewlett-Packard Co wants to have the answer to all of its customers’ technology problems. So it is buying network-security provider ArcSight Inc to help them respond to the growing threat posed by hackers, computer viruses and digital fraud.
The US$1.5bil (RM5bil) deal extends HP’s recent spate of acquisitions and could help signal that even after ousting CEO Mark Hurd, it hasn’t lost its footing in the effort to win fatter profit margins beyond the PC business.
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