Thursday, November 12th, 2009
The email below appeared in my inbox yesterday. The EDL/DL3D 1500/3000 has officially been discontinued. It was obvious from the moment EMC purchased Data Domain that the Quantum stuff was dead, but it took time for EMC to finally admit this. The strongest statement came in Frank Slootman's TechTarget interview. Clearly ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, Robin Harris at Storagemojo blogged that he thought it would be a smart move for NetApp to acquire Quantum. I do not agree and think that a Quantum (QTM) and NetApp combination would create major competitive and business challenges and would not be successful in ...
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Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
Just a quick post to highlight Data Domain's announcement that they have agreed to be acquired by EMC. As mentioned in previous posts (see related posts below), NetApp did not have the financial strength to compete with EMC.
The companies that have lost the most in this deal are Quantum and ...
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
As expected, EMC has increased their bid for Data Domain and is now offering $33.50 per share in cash. Data Domain has been ignoring EMC in favor of their preferred suitor, NetApp; however, with the recent increase, Data Domain has no choice but to consider the EMC offer.
This situation ...
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
I was surprised when NetApp offered $1.5B for Data Domain and was even more surprised when EMC countered with an all cash offer of $1.8B. NetApp has since upped their offer to $1.9B of cash and stock. It is in the context of this uncertainty that I wanted ...
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