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December 9, 2010  4:57 PM

Dell, Compellent talk deal



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Compellent, Dell, EqualLogic, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Isilon, IT channel products and services, LeftHand Networks, Storage

  Update:  On Monday morning, Dell finalized its deal to buy Compellent for $960 million or $27.75 per share in cash. As of the end of its third quarter, closing Oct. 31,...

November 16, 2010  12:58 PM

EMC to buy Isilon: Another storage maker bites the dust



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, EMC, Hewlett-Packard, Isilon, IT channel products and technologies, Storage

The big get bigger as storage kingpin EMC agreed to buy Isilon for about $2.25 billion (or $33.85 per share)  in cash. The news was announced early Tuesday. Isilon specializes in what it calls scale-out network attached...


September 13, 2010  1:28 AM

HP spending spree continues



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, ArcSight, Barbara Darrow, Brocade Communications, Compellent, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, Isilon, IT channel products and technologies, M&A, Oracle

Hewlett-Packard is reportedly poised to buy ArcSight for about $1.5 billion. The Wall Street Journal  and others reported Sunday that a deal is near.  (Update:


September 2, 2010  4:30 PM

By ‘winning’ 3Par, does HP lose the game?



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, IT products and services, Storage

Our national nightmare is over. Dell has given up its bid for 3Par, declining to match or exceed Hewlett-Packard's latest $33/share (that's--gulp-- $2.1 billion) cash bid.


September 1, 2010  1:07 PM

Looks like HP will win 3Par prize



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Storage

Word on the street is that 3Par is ready to be embraced by Hewlett-Packard. As the epic HP-vs-Dell bidding war stands, Dell has till today to counter HP's latest $30 per share bid for the cloud storage company.


August 27, 2010  1:05 PM

3Par picks Dell



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies

3Par said it has accepted Dell's $1.8 billion dollar buyout offer. Continued »


August 26, 2010  8:36 PM

HP counters Dell’s counter for 3Par



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, HP, IT channel products and technologies

This is getting tiresome. HP just bid  $27 per share counter offer for 3Par. This $1.8 billion offer counters


August 26, 2010  1:02 PM

Take that HP! Dell ups the ante on 3Par



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Cisco, Dell, HP, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies

Today it's Dell offering mo' money for 3Par. Dell sweetened its previous $18 per share bid to $24.50 and helpfully posted to its Web site that 3Par has accepted that offer. Earlier this week, HP tried to...


August 23, 2010  9:37 PM

HP promises to bring 3Par goods to the channel



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and services, IT channel products and technologies, Storage

One of Hewlett-Packard’s stated goals for its proposed $1.6 billion buyout of 3Par is to broaden and deepen distribution of 3Par’s storage technologies.


August 23, 2010  12:30 PM

It’s on! HP outbids Dell for 3Par



Posted by: badarrow
3Par, Barbara Darrow, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, HP, IT channel products and technologies, Mark Hurd

This morning, Hewlett-Packard launched a $24 per share cash bid for 3Par and its data storage expertise. The offer touches off a bidding war against Dell, which offered $18 per share for 3Par last week.


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