The UK company also reported the sales as having come from software, adding to the impression that its business was derived exclusively from high-margin software, according to HP.
惠普声称,硬件被亏本出售,但其中一些成本被计为营销支出,这让Autonomy有可能在硬件销售方面录得毛利润。
A second claim levelled by HP concerned sales made through intermediaries known as “value-added resellers. Some of these sales had been booked as revenue by Autonomy even though there had been no end-customers for the deals, it said – a practice known as “channel-stuffing.
惠普称,Autonomy还公布其销售额来自软件,这加深了这种印象:该公司的业务完全来自高利润率软件。
In a third accusation, HP said Autonomy had treated some of its long-term contracts as immediate sales, booking revenue before it should have.
惠普提出的第二项指控与通过被称为“增值分销商(value-added resellers)的中间商完成的销售额有关。惠普表示,其中一些销售额被Autonomy记为收入,尽管这些交易没有任何终端客户。(这一做法被称为“渠道填鸭(channel-stuffing)。)
Mr Lynch denied the allegations.
在第三项指控中,惠普表示,Autonomy将部分长期合约当作即期销售额,在合约尚未完成前就记为收入。
For HP’s CEO Meg Whitman, meanwhile, the revelation that accounting irregularities had apparently spread so widely at Autonomy will raise some uncomfortable questions.
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