By Brenon Daly,
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Since when does an army devoid of its best general go on the attack? That method would appear to go against convention, yet Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has accomplished just that because dumping Mark Hurd for his foibles. The tech big has chased a pair of specials to valuations which can be essentially 2-3 occasions the prevailing industry numerous. HP’s recent bidding war over 3PAR (PAR) and the purchase of ArcSight (ARST) shows a level of aggressiveness that indicates to us that the drivers for the acquisitions may have been emotional as well as financial,
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If we step back and look at the setting for both offers, we can’t help but conclude that HP announced the transactions at a time when it looked vulnerable. Its star CEO had dramatically crashed back to earth,
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At the risk of drifting too far into psychology, we wonder if the deals weren’t a bit of overcompensation. (Certainly, paying 11x trailing sales for 3PAR might be considered overcompensation,
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