Inside the HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster
When Hewlett Packard acquired knowledge management software firm Autonomy, it didn’t realise it was buying into a multibillion accounting cover-up.
When Hewlett Packard acquired knowledge management software firm Autonomy, it didn’t realise it was buying into a multibillion accounting cover-up.
Former HPE CEO was happy to throw her predecessor Leo Apotheker "under the bus" in a moment of anger over the botched acquisition of Autonomy.
Hewlett-Packard botched its $11.1 billion acquisition of Autonomy and then tried to cover up its own mismanagement by accusing the founder Mike Lynch of fraud.
Mike Lynch faces HP in London's High Court on Monday in a multi-billion dollar showdown over the tech giant's purchase of the Autonomy software business he founded.
Science-fiction movies often show robots freely running across the screen, either wreaking havoc or saving the world.
The ongoing saga surrounding HP's ill-fated Autonomy acquisition continued on Tuesday with the company's announcement that it will pay $US100 million in a settlement agreement with PGGM Vermogensbeheer B.V.
Amazon wants you to push its buttons...HP sues former execs for $5 billion...Belgians say Facebook is flouting laws... and more tech news.
The UK's Serious Fraud Office may have dropped its investigation of software firm Autonomy earlier this year, but that doesn't appear to have done much to allay HP's ire. HP -- which acquired Autonomy in 2011 -- has confirmed that it plans to sue Mike Lynch and Sushovan Hussain, Autonomy's former CEO and CFO, for $5.1 billion.
State of the Union address will be heavy on tech ... Will IBM's earnings disappoint, again? ... Twitter picks up ZipDial's call ... and more
U.K. regulators have closed their investigation into Hewlett-Packard's botched acquisition of Autonomy, a British software company that HP has accused of inflating its value and of improper accounting.
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch says he has obtained a Hewlett-Packard document that shows how differences in accounting standards, not fraud on Autonomy's part, are to blame for the debacle surrounding HP's acquisition of the company.
Datacentre security firm Imperva has appointed Anthony J. Bettencourt as the company's new president and chief executive officer as it embarks the next stage of growth.
Autonomy's former chief financial officer has claimed that Hewlett-Packard is accusing him and other ex-employees of fraud in order to cover up its own failings in the disastrous 2011 acquisition.
Hewlett-Packard has fired back at a former Autonomy executive who is attempting to block the settlement of a number of shareholder lawsuits filed over HP's disastrous acquisition of the infrastructure software vendor.
HP has appointed Paul Chapman, former VP for global infrastructure and cloud operations at VMware, as CIO of its software business.