Comments on: EMC Takes On NetApp For Data Domain’s Affections http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/stephen/emc-takes-netapp-data-domains-affections/ The best independent IT commentary Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:24:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Frank C. Tannehill http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/stephen/emc-takes-netapp-data-domains-affections/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Frank C. Tannehill Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:59:55 +0000 http://gestaltit.com/?p=865#comment-243 Data Domain was offered 1.8 million dollars at a certain point and they refused. Then came the big 2.1 million offer. I lost interest then and now I have no idea what happened. <br>__________ <br>Frank C. Tannehill <br><a rel="follow" href="http://www.123-reg.co.uk/domain-names/" rel="nofollow">domain name</a> Data Domain was offered 1.8 million dollars at a certain point and they refused. Then came the big 2.1 million offer. I lost interest then and now I have no idea what happened.
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]]> By: 3parfarley http://gestaltit.com/all/tech/storage/stephen/emc-takes-netapp-data-domains-affections/comment-page-1/#comment-22 3parfarley Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:12:03 +0000 http://gestaltit.com/?p=865#comment-22 I don't think the EMC fit makes more sense, unless there is reason to believe that Data Domain's products are cleaning up in EMC accounts. Netapp needs this more than EMC because it needs an off-platform product to sell to non-Netapp customers. Data Domain gives Netapp an entre to the broad market again - and especially into EMC accounts that it can't get with any other of it's existing products. <br><br>EMC is defending itself against a Netapp Trojan horse. I don't think the EMC fit makes more sense, unless there is reason to believe that Data Domain's products are cleaning up in EMC accounts. Netapp needs this more than EMC because it needs an off-platform product to sell to non-Netapp customers. Data Domain gives Netapp an entre to the broad market again – and especially into EMC accounts that it can't get with any other of it's existing products.

EMC is defending itself against a Netapp Trojan horse.

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