Paul Shread

EMC (NYSE: EMC) has extended its takeover offer for Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) ahead of a critical decision from the FTC (see Data Domain’s Just Not That Into EMC). EMC late Friday said it was extending its $30-a-share cash offer for the data deduplication specialist until midnight on July 10, the first of what could […]

While Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) may be getting all the headlines, another data storage company has been every bit as successful. STEC (NASDAQ: STEC) shook up the data storage industry 17 months ago when EMC (NYSE: EMC) announced that it would use the company’s enterprise-class solid state drives (SSDs) in its high-end Symmetrix DMX-4 storage […]

It’s been a little less than 17 months since Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) acquired EqualLogic, and during that time the company has transformed itself from a reseller for EMC (NYSE: EMC) into a storage contender in its own right. Dell still accounts for about 10 percent of EMC’s overall revenues, but the company’s own data storage […]

Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) has once again said it favors NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) over rival EMC (NYSE: EMC) in the bidding war for the data deduplication specialist, leaving the next move up to EMC. Data Domain said today it continues to favor NetApp’s cash-and-stock offer over EMC’s all-cash offer for the company, a position Data […]

Is the battle between EMC (NYSE: EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) for Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) something of an East Coast-West Coast tech culture clash? Some storage industry observers think that could be one of the issues behind Data Domain’s apparent preference for NetApp over East Coast rival EMC. Data Domain could shed some more […]

Recent reports from IDC and Gartner confirm what anyone following quarterly earnings reports already knows: It’s been a tough year for data storage vendors. Both analyst firms reported late last week that the networked storage market declined by more than 10 percent in the first quarter. Gartner said overall sales declined by 11.1 percent to […]

Rather than hit the acquisition trail for deduplication technology, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) is choosing to partner instead. While EMC (NYSE: EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) fight over dedupe pioneer Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP), Dell is turning to a network of partners to offer the popular data reduction technology. Dell already partners with EMC and Symantec […]

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) has raised its offer for Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) three times since merger talks began in earnest in March, a revelation that one analyst says suggests that the company might not be willing to go much higher in its bidding war with EMC (NYSE: EMC) for the data deduplication specialist. In an […]

Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) said late today it will accept NetApp’s (NASDAQ: NTAP) sweetened takeover offer, but EMC (NYSE: EMC) insists that its offer is superior. NetApp set the ball in motion two weeks ago with a $1.5 billion offer for the data deduplication specialist, which EMC raised to about $1.8 million, or $30 a […]

If you’re looking for evidence that data deduplication is just about the hottest thing in storage, look no further than the bidding war between EMC (NYSE: EMC) and NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) for Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP). While Data Domain may have pioneered the data reduction technology, it’s hard to find a data storage vendor that […]

NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) has matched EMC’s (NYSE: EMC) takeover offer for Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) — and at least one analyst thinks that’s good enough to make the next move up to EMC. NetApp this morning said it is raising its offer for data deduplication specialist Data Domain to $30 a share in cash and […]

IBM (NYSE: IBM) will use Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) adapter technology from Brocade (NASDAQ: BRCD) and QLogic (NASDAQ: QLGC) as it equips its servers for converged data center networks. IBM will use PCIe-based CNAs from Brocade and QLogic in its System x servers and QLogic mezzanine CNAs in IBM BladeCenter offerings, the company has […]