Lenovo company , which announced in January the acquisition of server IBM for $ 2.3 billion, will have to provide proof of U.S. regulators possibility of maintaining the confidentiality of data already in their servers.
Servers IBM, the release of which is now involved in a Chinese company, used U.S. security agencies - the Pentagon and the Federal Bureau of Investigation - and the largest telecommunications companies. Tamper servers should check the Committee on Foreign Investment U.S. (CFIUS), while Lenovo has addressed to the regulator for permission to trade with government agencies themselves. Consideration of the application can last up to 75 days.
Separately, Lenovo claims that will not have access to servers, since IBM under certain agreements will continue maintenance of at least five years after the closing of the transaction, and in the future agreement may be extended. This may facilitate the verification of servers by CFIUS.