| With 3PAR, HP regains its storage mojo
Following a bidding war that pushed the value of the high-end storage vendor into the stratosphere, we take a look at how 3PAR might fit inside HP's rejuvenated storage business.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 3 Sep 2010
Simon Robinson
Brenon Daly Looking to top Dell, HP offers $1.7bn for 'last man standing' 3PAR
A week after Dell announced that it was buying enterprise storage specialist 3PAR, HP has responded with an offer that's one-third richer. HP's rationale is the same as Dell's. We suspect that the bidding may not be over just yet.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 23 Aug 2010
Simon Robinson
Brenon Daly Hitachi Data Systems picks up ParaScale assets as it builds out its cloud portfolio
The US storage arm of the Japanese tech giant has made its first acquisition since 2007, and a small one at that. But the deal is indicative of HDS's desire to become more of a portfolio player.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 20 Aug 2010
Simon Robinson Phoenix Technologies to go private through $139m Marlin Equity Partners buyout
Having divested its noncore businesses earlier this year, Phoenix has agreed to a bid from a private equity shop that will take the company out of the market's firing line and hopefully give it more resources to invest in R&D.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 19 Aug 2010
John Abbott Dell continues drive to become a storage powerhouse, pays $1.25bn for 3PAR
The IT giant makes another substantial investment in the storage space by acquiring a storage specialist that has established itself in the super-competitive enterprise market. No rival can afford to ignore Dell in storage.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 16 Aug 2010
Simon Robinson
Brenon Daly Will FCoE-driven networking convergence lead to M&A?
The adoption of fiber channel over Ethernet has so far been muted, though there are expectations that sales could heat up shortly. Will the rise of FCoE-related sales lead to future acquisitions?
TDM/ Sector IQ, 3 Aug 2010
Henry Baltazar IBM takes out Storwize in primary storage optimization play
Big Blue is out to prove that less data is indeed more with the acquisition of compression appliance specialist Storwize. Will enhanced storage efficiency give IBM's storage line a competitive boost?
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 29 Jul 2010
Simon Robinson
Henry Baltazar Dell dives into de-dupe with Ocarina acquisition
With the purchase of OEM partner Ocarina, Dell gains the ability to deploy primary storage de-duplication across multiple storage systems, further underscoring its intention to become a major player in storage.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 22 Jul 2010
Henry Baltazar
Simon Robinson Born-again SGI – one year old and thriving
Was Rackspace's acquisition of SGI a simple refinancing of an old idea, or was it a spiritual rebirth for SGI?
TDM/ Post-Merger IQ, 21 Jul 2010
John Barr Ho-Humyo: Trend Micro picks up UK-based online storage vendor
Trend has a penchant for buying small, early stage companies nobody's ever heard of. The latest: an asset purchase of online backup vendor humyo.com of the UK.
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 14 Jun 2010
Paul Roberts
Lauren Eckenroth Do startups with on-ramps hold the key to unlocking cloud storage?
Cloud storage adoption by enterprises remains somewhat muted. A new group of startups offering on-ramps to cloud storage is looking to change that. If they gain traction, they could become pivotal links in the chain, as well as M&A targets.
TDM/ Sector IQ, 14 Jun 2010
Simon Robinson HP buys instant-on OS and Xen-based hypervisor from struggling Phoenix Technologies
Is HP about to become a major new force in the Xen virtualization ecosystem, or is it just buying some OS assets that might help it sell more netbooks?
TDM/ Deal Analysis, 11 Jun 2010
John Abbott
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