Dell snaps up crashed Exanet

mixed messages

myself I have heard mixed messages on the status of BlueArc, some are convinced that HDS will buy them, others are convinced they will not due to the massive amount of debt(over $100M I'm told) that they have. Perhaps HDS will wait for bankruptcy there too before swooping in. Certainly a good fit for HDS, too bad BlueArc hasn't gone and certified more 3rd party storage companies. They claimed it was a difficult process to do, really it is not that complicated for quality storage arrays, they have just had their hands tied by HDS I think.

It is kind of interesting/sad to see so many of these companies chasing after the NAS scraps that NetApp and EMC leave behind. I imagine none of them are even at 1% market share. A lot of pretty good products out there, just not enough customers.