Back to the articlePosted Monday 8th June 2009 06:31 GMT
Poor DD #
EMC will purchase them and shelve their technology just to keep NetApp from getting it.
EMC trumps NetApp bid for Data Domain
EMC is crashing NetApp's wedding to Data Domain with a trumping bid of $1.8 billion to purchase the company. Two weeks ago, NetApp proposed to acquire the dedupe specialist for $1.5 billion in cash and stock. EMC called its all-cash proposal today "superior" to NetApp's offer and said the deal provides Data Domain stockholders …
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Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 08:56 GMT
An interesting move for EMC #
How does DD fit into their 'BURA' strategy.... It seems to go against everything they have been saying with Legato, Avamar, EDL, CDL etc etc....
I'm sure that will further confuse EMC customers about their data dedupe strategy...
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 10:36 GMT
What about the other storage company? #
Where does this leave Quantum and their $100,000 life saving loan agreement with EMC as previously mentioned by El Reg ?
Posted Tuesday 2nd June 2009 11:39 GMT
<-------EMC - Excellent Picture! #
Looking for more (in the comparative sense) snarky coverage though.
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