back to article Rumor mill in overdrive as Dell pumps up Perot price, Atos offers $4.3bn

The sale of Dell's hospital IT consulting arm, Perot Systems, has hit a frenzy of speculation, with Atos reportedly leading the pack of companies with a $4.3bn offer. Dell let companies know it wanted to auction off Perot late last year and put out a $5bn price tag. Since then a series of media leaks have pitched companies …

  1. Big Wiggle

    Unfortunately I fear this will just lead to more job cuts in Plano.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Atos has been doing a lot of acquisitions the last few years

    I guess the US arm wants to be a bigger player since it is so overshadowed by Europe?

  3. Quortney Fortensplibe
    Facepalm

    Rumor?

    I think you mean "rumour"

    *Sigh!*

    1. Velv
      Joke

      Re: Rumor?

      Haven't you seen the options on the install ?

      O English (Traditional) <Union Flag>

      O English (Simplified) <Star Spangled Banner>

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Dell Perot are crap

    Nobody improved service and saved money by outsourcing to India.

  5. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Once bitten....

    Haven't Atos learned anything about being stung in the healthcare business ?

  6. Charlie Clark Silver badge

    Nail: on head, hit

    Dell needs to look like the kind of company that does a good deal, since the EMC merger is still subject to shareholder approval. A break-even sale of Perot Systems six years after purchasing it does not look great.

    Especially with so much freshly printed money still sloshing around. If price is compared with the debt-fuelled premium that Dell paid for EMC then it looks even worse. Of course, this week's stockmarket jitters won't make it any easier to get the $ 5 bn, even though Atos should have no problems raising the cash (thanks Mario for offering to buy up any kind of shit).

  7. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Shareholders ... like more than two???

    Dell is aprivate owned by michael dell and silver lake partners. So a single private partner .... no shareholders that u speak of ... care to correct facts pls?

    1. gazthejourno (Written by Reg staff)

      Re: Shareholders ... like more than two???

      The story isn't talking about Dell's shareholders. Read again.

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