Monday, February 14, 2011
Dell introduces server with 96 CPU cores The company rejects Intel chips for the server, choosing AMD because its chips provide better performance per watt. The server is designed to run scientific or math applications and can also be used in cloud and virtualized computing environments
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Dell buys SecureWorks for IT security services The company follows up its purchase of storage vendor Compellent with a deal for a network security services firm
Thursday, December 23, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: August 2010 RIM faces trouble in the Middle East, Oracle takes Google to court, and HP CEO Mark Hurd steps down. Plus, Dell and HP get into a bidding war
Monday, December 13, 2010
Dell agrees to buy Compellent for US$960M The computer giant has agreed to pay $27.75 per share for Compellent, a little more than it discussed last week
Monday, November 08, 2010
Dell ditches RIM as it preps enterprise mobile push The company hopes to save 25 per cent in mobile communication costs, primarily by eliminating BlackBerry servers
Monday, September 27, 2010
Juniper pushing software development The networking company outlines a strategy to stimulate growth through internal and third-party application development on its Junos operating system.
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Dell to make a play for Brocade? A report from Oppenheimer & Co. predicts Dell Inc. might break into the storage area networking space by acquiring Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Compellent Technologies Inc. or CommVault Systems Inc. Find out about the speculation on some possible future storage mergers and acquisitions
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Partner CentriLogic ‘excited’ by HP or Dell buying 3PAR The Canadian partner anticipates a positive outcome for its relationship with 3PAR regardless of who wins the bidding war that began mid-August. Why an Info-Tech Research analyst thinks Dell has a greater need to win 3PAR
Monday, August 30, 2010
3Par and 'the fear of missing out' BLOGOSPHERE What's behind the bidding war between HP and Dell over the low-profile SAN vendor? We troll the blogs for an explanation
Friday, August 27, 2010
HP makes US$2B bid against Dell’s US$1.8B The bidding war continues Friday with Hewlett-Packard upping its bid to $2 billion, trumping Dell’s $1.8 billion. While the ball is still in 3PAR's court, Dell still has an opportunity to answer with another bid
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Dell ups offer for 3PAR to US$1.6B, tops HP The company's bidding war with HP continued to escalate on Thursday. Dell increased its bid to match HP's offer for the virtual storage vendor
Monday, August 23, 2010
HP outbids Dell, offers US$1.6 billion for 3PAR The proposal comes a week after 3PAR agreed to sell itself to Dell for $1.15 billion
Monday, August 16, 2010
Dell buying 3PAR for US$1.15 billion The company makes highly virtualized storage. The deal is just the latest move by Dell to flesh out a stack of enterprise data centre technologies
Monday, July 05, 2010
Dell gains virtualization muscle with Scalent buy The pending acquisition of Scalent will bring it data-center virtualization management software. Scalent's software can work with both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Dell in talks over Google Chrome OS, report says Nothing's official, but a Dell official says the company wants to be "on the forefront" of Google's Web-centric OS. Find out more