In the U.S. market, HP remained the leading vendor, with 27% market share, down from 28.9%, as units fell 19.3%.

FORBES: Worldwide Q3 PC Shipments Off 8.3%; Lenovo Now No. 1 Vendor

By integrating all these parts of the company, HP hopes to be known less as a hardware vendor, and more as a higher-margin strategic partner on big projects.

FORBES: HP's Move on IBM

Google is a growing enterprise vendor and compared to the likes of IBM and HP they are still in kindergarten.

FORBES: Connect

Symantec took their eye off the ball when they acquired Veritas. 2005 was way too early for a software security vendor to attempt to mature into a tech holding company like IBM or HP.

FORBES: Symantec Does NOT Need Better Operations. It Needs Innovation.