IBM is about to cede the descriptive moniker “world’s biggest computer company” to long-time rival Hewlett-Packard.
Within the next few months – maybe weeks – analysts say, HP will charge ahead of IBM in total revenue and grab the title that Big Blue has held since the mid-1960s, when the success of its Series 360 mainframe computers lifted it above a pack of competitors. A breakdown of analysts’ estimates has both companies neck-and-neck in sales, but with HP pushing ahead.
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