Surviving the Consolidating IT Market

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HPE to Acquire SimpliVity – Our Initial Comments

On January 17, 2017, HP Enterprise (HPE) announced its intention to acquire hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) firm SimpliVity for $650M in cash. This acquisition is a result of several months of speculation that such a deal would happen. From a deal perspective,...

The Dell EMC merger finally happens

Today is a historic day in the IT industry. The largest merger in the history of the industry finally takes place. Dell and EMC merge to create the largest privately held IT company in the industry, now named Dell Technologies. The merger is historic in a number of...