The players are lining up for the biggest acquisition game enterprise IT has witnessed in a while Today is the (a?) day of reckoning in the 3Par saga, with Dell widely expected to make a counter-offer higher than HP’s bid. But this mega deal, like the Data Domain war before it, sends a strong … [Read more...]
Dell + EqualLogic, Exanet, Ocarina, 3Par = What?
August 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The storage industry got a lot more competitive this morning, as Dell announced plans to buy 3Par. This is the latest round in a well-established race for the enterprise storage dollar, challenging superpower (and Dell partner) EMC in the high-end SAN space. What does this acquisition say about the … [Read more...]
Will Alan Atkinson Have The WysDM To Steer Xiotech Right?
October 1, 2009 by 8 Comments
Alas, poor Xiotech. The company has labored for a decade to carve out a place in the enterprise storage market, first with the Magnitude enterprise SAN array and later with the midrange Emprise line. They were acquired by Seagate in 1999, spun back out in 2002, and took over that company's clever … [Read more...]