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Dell Acquires KACE
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Dell announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Kace, a leading systems-management appliance company with solutions tailored to the requirements of midsized businesses and public (government, education and healthcare) institutions.
Kace provides comprehensive and affordable solutions through the award-winning KBOX systems-management and deployment appliances which carry a wide range of capabilities including:
• Device [...]
The Next Chapter (AKA Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!)
Those that have followed my career since, say 2005, will know that there have been many moves in the past 4 years. While some have even taken shots at me for such, none have fully understood the reasons behind them all. So, allow a quick explanation and then some really good news about the next [...]
Yet ANOTHER Virtualization Acquisition
As I stated in my January 15th entry, this will be the year for virtualization acquisitions and have way through the year I could easily say that my prediction has already become reality.
Click this link for a glimpse at what the year 2008 has meant be way of Virtualization mergers and acquisitions.
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More Virtualisation Acquisitions!
What can I say? When I’m right, I’m right…
Latest entry in the ever-evolving virtualisation acquisition market is… (May I have the envelop, please?)… MICROSOFT!
Continuing to further expand their already large virtualisation portfolio, Microsoft announced yesterday that they had acquired Kidaro, a leading provider of desktop virtualisation solutions for enterprises.
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Novell Acquires PlateSpin
It would appear that my prediction is holding true: 2008 is certainly becoming the year of virtualisation acquisitions. Yesterday Novell decided to have a seat at the buyer’s table by announcing their plans to complete an acquisition of PlateSpin, a leading provider of virtual machine and server consolidation software solutions.
The $205 million cash deal [...]
Dell Acquires EqualLogic for $1.4B
As the acquisitions continue, Dell has just annouced its $1.4B buyout of EqualLogic (remember my prediction?). The press release to partners stated that their “combination significantly advances Dell’s focus on helping customers and partners grow their business through IT simplification and virtualization“
Virtualisation: Neal Margulis Explains Microsoft’s Acquisition of Calista Technologies
Calista founder, Neal Margulis, provides a unique perspective on why Calista (a company you’ve probably never heard of) was of such unique interest to not only Microsoft, but every major player in the virtualisation market.
Read more on the Windows Virtualization Team Blog
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Virtualisation Acquisitions Continue…
Entisys Solutions, Concord, Calif., acquired Agile360, Irvine, Calif., for an undisclosed amount. The deal closed on December 31.
http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=6884
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2008: The Year of Virtualisation Acquisitions
I firmly believe that this year will host more acquisitions in the virtualisation market than all the other IT markets combined! To start us off, VMWare, the current market leader, has just announced its plans to acquire Thinstall, Inc. and Foedus.
Here’s what the company had to say about the acquisitions:
Today VMware announced it [...]
VMWare: The Next Novell?
In case you’ve been asleep for the past month, you’re probably aware that there has been quite a bit of publicity regarding Microsoft’s virtualisation strategy coming out of TechEd ITForum 2007. Most notably would have to be the launch of System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). This product is designed to simplify the creation, deployment [...]
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