Acquisitions

Data Domain to EMC: No! No! No! No!

Well that’s how El Reg is reporting. Data Domain has rejected EMC’s and offers four reasons to say no.
The first one is that, if Data Domain talks to EMC or did not reaffirm its NetApp agreement, then NetApp could walk away leaving Data Domain bereft and at risk of EMC not completing its takeover offer. [...]

M&A Advisory: Cisco should pursue Citrix

Fool’s advice is what I’d give John. Citrix is (strategically) in the same position as Sun. Sun has loads of cool stuff to really kick some asses, it just needed a daddy. Citrix could benefit massively by being under Cisco’s arm. And hey don’t forget Citrix are the Xen dudes. They will eventually rock the [...]

Data Domain accepts NetApps raised bid [again]; EMC won’t raise bid

NetApp sources think this means EMC will not raise its bid and the implication is that this is going down to a decision by Data Domain shareholders between the two bidders, EMC or NetApp. The Data Domain board prefers that NetApp buy the company. It and NetApp have entered into a revised acquisition agreement based [...]

Oracle’s play at JavaOne: Build office suite from OpenOffice using JavaFX

I told many of my analyst buddies to wait a few weeks before making any of the WTF statements on:
“Why did Oracle grab Sun?”
“Why did Oracle go for Virtual Iron?”
“Why will Oracle go for Quest/VMlogix?”*
* Speculative Forecast
Java’s acquisition and quick big-daddy forward-looking announcement say one thing for sure:
Larry knows, like all of us in the [...]

EMC gate crashes NetApp’s party; Bids $1.8 Bn for Data Domain

That funny picture on El Reg suggests that the guy standing against the glass is EMC, a possible outsider? Anyways EMC surely didn’t want to be left out.

“Strategically, this combination will further enhance our ability to broaden EMC’s best-in-class storage portfolio for the benefit of EMC and Data Domain customers and this, in turn, will [...]

NetApp acquires Data Domain for $1.5 Bn!

NetApp (NASDAQ:NTAP) and Data Domain (NASDAQ:DDUP) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which NetApp will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Data Domain common stock for $25 per share in cash and stock. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.5B, net of Data Domain’s cash.
“This combination is a great [...]

How long will it take Oracle to buy VMlogix?

Not long given that VMlogix has two important components that could help Oracle build its own Internal Cloud or what I fondly call a IntraCloud, a primer for the private cloud environments. They are:

VMlogix Lab Manager
VMlogix Stage Manager

Obviously that is not the only reason for Oracle [or for that matter other virtualization wannabe to go [...]

EMC’s dilemma: Why the private cloud may only offer short-term respite

This is a pretty nice write-up. A lot is happening in the industry, when we were thinking that HP/EDS deal could be killing for the industry, we had Oracle come in stealthily and stole Sun away under IBM’s nose. Now we have couple of firms, well actually Cisco only here, that might be offering the [...]

Oracle gets aggressive in virtualization with Virtual Iron purchase!

Update 1:
10th March 2009 we told you that Oracle had snapped Virtual Iron. So truly believe what I am saying, seeing and hearing
We did cover this sometime back stating that Oracle had bought Virtual Iron. This El Reg article  confirms that news, no matter how belated it may come out.
Oracle put out a [...]

M&A Teaser: Rackable grabs bankrupt SGI for $42M

Rackable itself is a teaser and waiting for a potential acquisition. As the current market scatters, we will see a lot of talent and engineers going in all directions. Some will end up being absorbed by firms and others will begin a new venture and re-surface in the form of new firms. Rackable has been [...]