Are customers buying the Dell-EMC deal?
Contact: Brenon Daly Michael Dell has had his say. Same with Joe Tucci. But are the customers of the Dell and EMC chief executives actually buying what the two companies are saying about the tech...
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Can Dell safeguard the VMware ‘crown jewels’ in EMC acquisition?
Contact: Brenon Daly In announcing the largest-ever tech transaction, both Dell and EMC repeatedly assured the market that VMware, which has consistently accounted for an outsized chunk of EMC’s...
View ArticleMimecast sets stage for IPO
Contact: Scott Denne Mimecast’s business is best described in the same language as the enterprise email systems it has grown up managing: reliable, but not very exciting. The 12-year-old provider of...
View ArticleNetApp nabs SolidFire before all-flash array opportunities burn away
Contact: Scott Denne Tim Stammers Making its most aggressive deal to date, NetApp pays $870m in cash for all-flash storage array (AFA) vendor SolidFire. NetApp’s major competitors long ago inked...
View ArticleDell-EMC closes, but there’s still dealing to be done
Contact: Brenon Daly Whenever a newly joined couple move in together, there are always a few items that just don’t fit as the two houses are merged into one. These things can range from minor...
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PE-backed StorageCraft crafts another deal
Contact: Steven Hill Brenon Daly In the year since TA Associates picked up StorageCraft Technology, the data-protection vendor has been working to build out a broader vision for metadata-rich data...
View ArticleNetApp taps Greenqloud for hybrid storage push
Contact: Scott Denne NetApp’s reach for Greenqloud marks its third deal of 2017 as the storage vendor climbs its way out of a rocky couple of years. With the purchase of the cloud management provider,...
View ArticleCisco’s storage M&A reboot
Contact: Henry Baltazar, Liam Rogers, Scott Denne Following an impulsive and failed marriage, Cisco has opted for a long courtship for its second commitment in the storage market. The networking giant...
View ArticleWestern Digital takes a familiar path into new markets with a pair of deals
Contact: Scott Denne, Tim Stammers Western Digital has printed two different deals that follow the same pattern. The disk-drive giant has acquired enterprise storage vendor Tegile Systems along with...
View ArticleExclusive: A deal for Datto?
Contact: Brenon Daly A unicorn is rumored to be on the block, with several market sources indicating that disaster-recovery startup Datto is looking for a buyer. We understand that Morgan Stanley is...
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