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EMC Treads Acquisition Tightrope
News IBM, FileNet, Open Text), exemplifies the central theory behind EMC’s acquisition -- that enterprise content has emerged as an infrastructure concern for most Global 2000 and regulated organisations, on par with other mission-critical business...
[October 22, 2003, 12:45]
Legato Shareholders Fight EMC Bid
News Several Legato Systems shareholders have filed lawsuits aimed at stopping EMC's planned acquisition of the storage management software vendor. The two lawsuits allege that Legato executives, and the company's board of directors in particular, timed...
[July 18, 2003, 10:27]
EMC Nears Final Stage Of Documentum Purchase
News Storage giant EMC said on Wednesday that it expects to close out its $1.7bn acquisition of content management software specialist Documentum next week. EMC said it believes the Documentum acquisition furthers its effort to build its software...
[December 11, 2003, 10:25]
EMC To Buy VMware
News The acquisition will add $175m to $200m in revenue in EMC's next fiscal year, Tucci said. The acquisition indicates that EMC, which already has a major presence in large corporations, is trying to expand into the same advanced systems management...
[December 16, 2003, 11:45]
Quantum Steps Up Disk-based Backup
News EMC acquired the de-duplication technology in the same way Quantum acquired its own — through the acquisition of another company. In November, EMC completed the acquisition of Avamar Technologies for $165m.
[December 10, 2006, 23:00]
Rivals Rubbish The New Symantec's Prospects
News However, analysts do not expect to see storage player EMC attempt to mimic Symantec's move with an equally large acquisition in the security market. Storage company EMC, a fair-weather partner of Symantec but rival of Veritas, will compete directly...
[December 17, 2004, 14:55]
Storage Specialist Seeks To Survive Industry Shrinking
News Until its November acquisition of CrosStor and the December launch of its Chameleon NAS product, EMC chiefly sold higher-end storage systems. Ironically, though, the arrival of EMC might prove to be a boon for Network Storage Solutions.
[January 22, 2001, 13:52]
RSA: Standalone Security Firms Are Doomed
News The acquisition was criticised by some analysts at the time who claimed that EMC would struggle to integrate RSA's products into its storage offerings. EMC's chief executive, Joe Tucci, who was also speaking at the conference, insisted the...
[February 7, 2007, 13:19]
Brocade To Acquire McData In $713m Deal
News Earlier this year, Iomega acquired managed-services company CSCI, while last year, storage giant EMC announced plans to acquire Rainfinity. In 2001, McData span off from EMC in a successful initial public offering.
[August 9, 2006, 17:10]
Dell Considers Entering Printer Business
News Dell is helping EMC improve its manufacturing and is serving as EMC's sales force in small business. EMC, meanwhile, is working with Dell to develop co-branded storage projects. For instance, in storage, the company entered into an extensive...
[May 24, 2002, 10:31]
Where Adaptec Is Headed
News You mentioned EMC as an example. EMC really doesn't have a host footprint. You're going up against big guns like EMC, IBM and HP -- even Microsoft, with its network-attached storage effort. So then, in other words, it is not selling higher-price...
[October 5, 2004, 14:45]
Symantec CEO: The Future With Veritas
News What about your existing partnership with storage company EMC, a rival to Veritas? I don't know if we have much of a relationship with EMC. Veritas competes with EMC in the storage management space for nonarray storage networks.
[December 17, 2004, 11:30]
EMC Job Cuts Affect More Than Expected
News EMC plans to cut 1,350 jobs this year — 100 more employees than it earlier expected — to consolidate operations that have sprawled after a three-year acquisition spree. Its final consolidation plan, approved by EMC management on 29 December and...
[January 8, 2007, 8:04]
EMC Acquires Iomega
News EMC said the acquisition, expected to be completed in the second quarter, would have no material impact on EMC finances. Iomega said on Tuesday it had accepted an increased cash takeover offer of $213m (£108m) from EMC and would drop a plan to buy...
[April 9, 2008, 8:32]
EMC Readies Midrange NAS Technology
News EMC officials declined to comment on the planned Chameleon product or the connection between the CrosStor acquisition and the new NAS product. EMC is muscling its way into the midrange network-attached storage arena, grabbing up a popular NAS...
[November 13, 2000, 16:11]
EMC Does Database Deal
News Storage company EMC has forged an agreement with software maker OuterBay Technologies that focuses on databases and is designed to help companies improve information management of throughout data's lifetime.
[December 2, 2003, 12:20]
EMC Gets Serious About SME Storage
News EMC claims a track record in the SMB space through its acquisition of Dantz, the company that developed the Retrospect backup software. Long dominant in the enterprise data centre, EMC now has its sights set at the other end of the storage spectrum...
[February 5, 2006, 23:05]
EMC Snaps Up RSA
News The acquisition is expected to be completed late in the third quarter or early in the fourth quarter of 2006, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, EMC said. Data-storage specialist EMC has agreed to acquire digital...
[June 30, 2006, 10:35]
EMC Puts In 'solid And Balanced' Performance
News Data-storage giant EMC reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, driven by sequential growth across all major segments of the company's business. EMC first reported it would beat second-quarter earnings estimates last...
[July 16, 2003, 13:52]
Can EMC Leave Its Wallet Alone?
Blog Tucci was lightly grilled during his appearance on stage, and again later at an analyst/journalist press conference, about EMC's acquisition strategy. Rather like one of English football's WAGs, storage vendor EMC does love a shopping spree.
[February 6, 2007, 21:19]
