IBM Challenger Inspur Woos China Customers Amid Dispute

Chinese server maker Inspur Group Ltd. started a campaign to lure customers from International Business Machines Corp. as the government studies if domestic banks’ reliance on IBM technology threatens national security.

Jinan-based Inspur this week unveiled its “IBM to Inspur” initiative aimed at taking the U.S. company’s market share in China, said a member of Inspur’s marketing department who asked not to be named citing company policy. Inspur hired more than 80 employees from IBM’s hardware arm, he said.