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Sizing Up the ‘What’s Next?’ for EMC, Data Domain
EMC Corp. announced this week that it has stolen rival NetApp’s thunder when it entered into a definitive agreement with Data Domain Inc. to acquire the company in a cash tender offer for $33.50 (US) per share or approximately $2.1 billion. EMC’s all-cash tender offer commenced on June 2 and is scheduled to expire at…
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NetApp Terminates its Bid for Data Domain
In the end, cash proved a formidable foe. Nearly two months after making a splash with plans to acquire Data Domain, NetApp has terminated the merger agreement, not willing to get into a further bidding battle with storage rival EMC. The final blow? EMC, which has been locked in a bidding tug-of-war to buy the…
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7 Musts to Drive Your Disaster Recovery Strategy
7 Musts to Drive Your Disaster Recovery Strategy Determine what customers can and can’t live without. “Some applications and infrastructure are must-haves, some are unimportant and some are might-have-to-haves,” says Edward Minyard, a Certified Continuity Manager with consulting firm Accenture. No Title Continuously exercise your plan, testing it for flaws and weak points. A disaster…
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Technology Resellers Get Credit Help from Fujitsu, GE Capital
Resellers now have another option when it comes to obtaining financing for Fujitsu America-branded products. GE Capital’s Commercial Distribution Finance arm is offering extended distribution financing programs—60-day payment terms—for resellers who source Fujitsu America products through distributors D&H, Tech Data or Synnex. Fujitsu isn’t the first to launch such a program. Several vendors and distributors have…
