????IBM希望以23億美元的價格將旗下的服務(wù)器業(yè)務(wù)出售給中國的聯(lián)想集團(tuán)（Lenovo），引起了美國政府的擔(dān)憂。

????雖然這兩家公司的交易早在今年一月份就已經(jīng)開始，但之后幾個月卻一直沒有進(jìn)展，因?yàn)樗鼈儾坏貌槐M量解除美國政府對安全問題的擔(dān)憂。目前，美國政府正在就此事展開調(diào)查。

????美國人到底在擔(dān)心什么？《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal）援引匿名人士的話稱，IBM的x86服務(wù)器被用于多個美國最敏感的網(wǎng)絡(luò)，其中包括美國國防部（the Defense Department）和美國空軍（the U.S. Air Force）。美國國防官員和聯(lián)邦外國投資委員會（Committee on Foreign Investment）成員認(rèn)為，如果這筆交易獲得通過，這些服務(wù)器將門戶大開，容易受到中國間諜或黑客的攻擊。美國外國投資委員會是一家跨部門組織，負(fù)責(zé)審查涉及外國公司的交易。

????但I(xiàn)BM和聯(lián)想?yún)s認(rèn)為，x86服務(wù)器所用的技術(shù)由美國多家公司聯(lián)合開發(fā)，其中也包括中國的組件。此外，聯(lián)想表示只會將服務(wù)器用于商業(yè)目的。

????《華爾街日報》的消息人士透露，盡管遭遇阻力，但這筆交易最終仍然會獲得通過，預(yù)計美國政府將在年底前做出決定。

????為了打消美國政府的憂慮，這兩家公司表示，IBM仍將積極參與服務(wù)器的維護(hù)，盡管美國政府對這一點(diǎn)同樣表示擔(dān)憂。早在2005年，聯(lián)想收購IBM的個人電腦業(yè)務(wù)時，美國政府也曾有過類似擔(dān)憂。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進(jìn)龍/汪皓

????As IBM seeks to complete a $2.3 billion sale of its server business to China’s Lenovo, the U.S. is worried.

????Although the deal was made in January, little has happened in the months since as the two tech companies try to resolve security concerns raised by the U.S. government, which is currently investigations the matter.

????But what has the U.S. worried? IBM’s x86 servers are used in some of the country’s most sensitive networks including by the Defense Department and the U.S. Air Force, according to anonymous sources cited by theWall Street Journal. These servers may be open to attack by Chinese spies or hackers if the deal goes through, according to U.S. security officials and members of the federal Committee on Foreign Investment, an interagency group that reviews transactions involving foreign companies.

????But in their defense, IBM and Lenovo say that the technology used in the x86 servers is made by many other companies in the U.S. and that they contain Chinese components. Meanwhile, Lenovo says that it will only use the servers for commercial goals.

????The deal should still be approved despite the pushback, according to the Wall Street Journal’s sources, and a decision is expected by the year’s end.

????In order to meet the concerns raised by the U.S., the companies say that IBM will actively have a stake in maintaining the servers, although that has also drawn worry from the U.S. government. Similar concerns were also raised in 2005 when Lenovo purchased IBM’s personal-computer business.