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美国电脑巨人IBM与日本电子大厂日立制作所宣布,双方将在数据储存系统上共同合作,针对硬盘成立合资企业,而这方面正是近几年令IBM感到头痛的部份。两家公司表示,日立将拥有这个合资公司的70％,并将付给IBM硬盘资产的费用,细节则将视双方最后的协议而定。IBM的磁盘业务在全球雇有1.8万名员工,每年创下的收入总额达数十亿美元。日立预计将会带给该合资企业IBM目前所欠缺的规模经济,增进其实力。IBM资深副总裁多诺弗里奥(Nicholas Donofrio)称,合资企业的条款目前还在讨论中。日立带来IBM欠缺的规模经济,
US computer giant IBM and Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. announced that both parties will work together on data storage systems to establish joint ventures for hard drives, and this is where IBM has been a headache in recent years. The two companies stated that Hitachi will own 70% of the joint venture and will pay for the IBM hard drive assets, the details of which will depend on the final agreement between the parties. IBM’s disk operations employ 18,000 people worldwide, generating billions of dollars in revenue each year. Hitachi expects to bring the economies of scale that the joint venture company IBM currently lacks to increase its strength. Nicholas Donofrio, senior vice president of IBM, said the terms of the joint venture are still under discussion. Hitachi brings IBM’s lack of economies of scale,