Dell’s first ever European Storage Forum ended today in London. It was similar in format to the Florida event I attended, about which I wrote this post. This meant senior execs flying in to first of all meet customers, but also channel partners, industry analysts, bloggers etc. And to participate in hospitality with the attendees. [...]
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Fujitsu Technology Solutions is articulating a storage strategy of building out its own portfolio and only partnering with a select few. EMC becomes the casualty. Globality Fujitsu corporate, which once operated with different approaches in its different regions is now pursuing a Globalised approach. The overall corporate goal is to establish Fujitsu as an IT [...]
The Dell Storage Forum was held in Orlando Florida; a continuation of what used to be called Compellent C-Drive. As the name implies it is a customer event focused on storage. As I have stated before, Dell the company and Dell the CEO, intends the company to be like HP and IBM (Dell the Challenger). [...]
Dell’s recent strategy shows its many initiatives to bolster its credentials as a full system vendor. The key motivation for this strategy is (1) size followed by (2) portfolio. Size is everything for the world’s top IT vendors and Dell wants its share of the spoils, hence its desire for revenue streams, scale and economies [...]
It was as late as in December 2008, that EMC announced the extension of its reseller agreement with Dell and both CEOs took part in an interview. This video can still be found on EMC site in several versions EMC Dell but a longer version is available on EMC Dell youtube . In the video [...]
EMC – Breaking a Few Records
Jan 18
EMC today launched a slew of announcements, probably the most the company ever made in a single event. The over-all banner for the announcement, which had been attempting to gather much publicity in advance was ‘Record Breaking’. In the event Joe Tucci and Pat Gelsinger, CEO and COO respectively, was joined on stage by 26 [...]
Dell the Challenger
Aug 31
The bid for 3PAR Dell caught the storage world’s attention when it made a bid that eventually got it into a bidding war with HP over 3PAR. At the time of writing the outcome of this battle is not settled, but the acquisitive Dell is squaring up to HP, EMC, IBM and Oracle. The bidding [...]
Dell to buy 3PAR
Aug 16
Dell announced this morning that 3PAR has agreed to be acquired for $1.15Bn. (See previous 3PARpost from last Tuesday). The attraction for Dell is that it adds an enterprise class product to its portfolio, so fills a stragic aim. Dell will also undoubtedly be able to grow revenues quicker and faster than 3PAR on its [...]
Dot Hill Aims To Raise Its Storage Systems Profile Through Channel, OEM And Software Activities
Mar 24
Claus Egge, Martin Hingley Dot Hill Highlights Q1 2010 Has previously produced OEM disk array and controller products and software for Dell, Fujitsu, HP, NetApp, Sun and others Has supplied over 350k arrays in its 10 year history Has managed the loss of its large and highly profitable Sun business effectively over the last year [...]
