Comments on: Data Centers Key to Lehman Sale to Barclays

By: Kosten Metreweli

Kosten Metreweli — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:30:27 +0000

I’d be interested to know how they actually valued the data centers – if it is (partially) based on what is in the asset register – they’re going to be a *long* way out. Our experience is that the asset register for large data centers can miss 10-50% of the actual assets (hardware and software).

Strikes me as a great business case for understanding what you have in your data center!

By: The true value of IT? : Continuous Customer Capture

The true value of IT? : Continuous Customer Capture — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:14:50 +0000

[...] article from Data Centre Knowledge and this one from Vunet highlight the actual amounts paid for Lehman’s businesses ($250m) [...]

By: info tech guy

info tech guy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:52:03 +0000

Hmmm. Interesting that Bear Stearns & Lehman actually elicited buyer interest, in part, because that had NOT outsourced their datacenters. If they’d followed the model advocated by many on Wall Street to outsource (usually offshore) all possible work, they wouldn’t have datacenters . Ironic isn’t it?

By: Max Niederhofer | Venture Capital

Max Niederhofer | Venture Capital — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 10:08:19 +0000

[...] usually invisible industry. Also, how ironic that one of the main assets are real estate holdings. More… [...]

By: Cheap Computer Monitors » Blog Archive » Barclays eyes up Lehman Brothers for its assets, I mean, data centres

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:24:08 +0000

[...] It’s about data centres. Yes, data centres. You may have noticed we at The Times have become very interested in them recently. What assets remain solid when the value of nearly all other financial assets are called into question? Data centers. [...]

By: Engine8 » Blog Archive » Sales at Lehman, Bear Stearns Prove Value of Data

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:07:12 +0000

[...] The whole piece is here. [...]

By: refractal

refractal — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:39:24 +0000

the difficult thing is the headquarters itself is in Manhattan — those holdings could be worth a billion and change as such

By: The solid part of a bancrupt bank ... - c0t0d0s0.org

The solid part of a bancrupt bank ... - c0t0d0s0.org — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:52:09 +0000

[...] this is pretty much the most valuable part of the remaining carcass.Datacenter Knowledge writes in “Data Centers Key to Lehman Sale to Barclays:Lehman Brothers

By: Data Centers Crucial To Lehman Sale « Babson Inside Scoop

Data Centers Crucial To Lehman Sale « Babson Inside Scoop — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:15:51 +0000

[...] Centers Crucial To Lehman Sale Great article regarding the what Barclays really gained by picking through the carcass of Lehman. Summary below [...]

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:28:01 +0000

I think you need to do your homework a little further on which of the data centers were acquired and how much they actually cost.