Toshiba will Sell its Medical Business Canon

Bloomberg reported citing a statement of the Toshiba, the corporation has given the Canon "exclusive rights to negotiate" on the purchase of Toshiba Medical Systems division. Canon proposal was the most attractive and now the company plans to sign a definitive agreement by March 18, 2016.

The Toshiba has not said about how much Canon has offered for Medical Corporation business. According to Bloomberg, it could be more than about 700 billion yen ($ 6.2 billion). The same amount is called the publication Nikkei and The Wall Street Journal.

Toshiba Medical Systems develops hardware for computer and magnetic resonance tomography, X-ray and other medical electronic systems. In the past fiscal year, which ended in late March 2015, this division reported revenues of 409.5 billion yen ($ 3.6 billion) and an operating profit of 23.9 billion yen ($ 212.5 million).

According to the analyst Iwai Cosmo Securities Hiroyasu Nishikawa, Toshiba really did not want to sell the business because it is the driver of growth in sales and profits but the company has no other choice. The fact that Toshiba is waiting for the biggest loss in the history of the financial scandal of accounting fraud.

Xiaomi is in No Hurry to Enter the Stock Exchange

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi, which currently is one of the most expensive in the world of private companies do not hurry to enter the stock market. This was told by the founder and CEO Lei Jun at the National People's Congress (China's National People's Congress).

According to him, the initial public offering of shares Xiaomi should pass naturally. Mr. Chun also said that he already has the experience of control of several public companies.

Chapter Xiaomi does not rule out the transition from a private company into a public status, but now, as noted by the top manager, the time has not come yet. No specific terms, he did not name.

In 2015, Xiaomi has sold more than 70 million smartphones, not completing the task for the implementation of 80 million units. Lei Jun believe that the market for mobile Internet products and services, there will be a new surge in demand.

Chapter Xiaomi said that the great potential of a business associated with living in rural areas selling devices and services to users, since the 4G-network is actively deployed and high-performance smart phones prices fall.

Lei Jun, Xiaomi does not hide the interest in robotics and virtual reality technologies but to develop the automobile market as it does some of Baidu and other Chinese IT-companies. 

ASUS VivoMini VM65N & VM65: Compact Desktop

Company ASUS has announced a compact desktop VivoMini VM65N and VM65, made ​​at Intel Skylake hardware platform.

Nettop equipped with 14-nanometer Core sixth generation processor. You can install up to 16 GB of RAM DDR4. One of the features of the mini-computer is DualBay system: a special module with two 2.5-inch drives can be installed inside the housing. This provides flexibility in the formation of the storage subsystem due to a combination of hard disks and (or) solid-state devices. Also, instead of DualBay module can install one 3.5-inch drive.

Model VivoMini VM65N endowed with a discrete graphics accelerator NVIDIA GeForce 930M with Optimus technology support. There are wireless adapters Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0, USB 3.1 ports and USB 3.0, as well as a card reader "4-in-1".

Mini computers are allowed to connect up to three displays. The operating system used Windows 10. Unfortunately no Information on the estimated cost of new products at the moment. 

IBM could Cut More than 10 thousand Jobs

Manufacturer of IT-hardware means IBM launched a major lay-offs services. This was reported by several employees of the company in the social network Facebook and publication CRN.

According to the latter, the IBM intends to reduce staff by a few percent, numbering now about 370 thousand. Thus, all over the world can be fired more than 10 thousand. Employees, said the source of CRN.

It is noted that the amount of liquidated at IBM working positions will not be as big as expected. The corporation itself did not comment on the information about the dismissals and noted only the following:

"IBM actively transforms the business in order to be a leader in a new era of cognitive and cloud computing. These measures include the rebuilding of personnel to meet customer needs. To this end, in 2015, IBM has employed more than 70 thousand. Professionals, many of whom come to the key area. Now open are more than 25 thousand. Jobs. "

Under Watching IBM to Facebook, serving as a forum of employees the IBM, there have been several reports according to which the company is cutting jobs in the various regional offices and divisions. Staff is also concerned about the new compensation terms for dismissal: Now benefit is paid for one month of work, instead of six.