StorageNewsletter

Chinese Regulators Approve Qualcomm Purchase of NXP

For $44 billion
2018.06.18 | In Brief

SMART Global Holdings Acquiring Penguin Computing for Up to $85 Million

In specialty compute and storage solutions targeting applications in AI, machine learning and HPC
2018.06.14 | Press Release

Druva Acquires CloudRanger From Ireland

Backup and DR solutions provider for AWS
2018.06.06 | Press Release

Toshiba Finally Completes $18 Billion Sale of NAND Chip Unit to Bain

Expected to occur on June 1, 2018
2018.06.04 | Press Release | [with our comments]

Seagate Completes Investment in Bain Acquisition of Toshiba Memory Corporation

$1.27 billion
2018.06.04 | Press Release

Microchip Received Antitrust Clearance in Taiwan and Approval of Microsemi Shareholders

For acquisition of company expected to close on May 29, 2018
2018.05.24 | Press Release

Toshiba Said to Have Received All Required Anti-Trust Approvals

Including China, for sale of Toshiba Memory Corporation
2018.05.18 | Press Release

JMC Capital Partners Acquiring Source Code

Manufacturer of custom built server and storage devices
2018.05.18 | Press Release

Microchip Receives Antitrust Clearance for Acquisition of Microsemi

In China, Japan, the Philippines, Germany and Austria
2018.05.18 | Press Release

Google to Acquire Israeli Start-Up Velostrata in Enterprise Cloud Migration

Got $31.5 million in financial funding.
2018.05.14 | Press Release

Toshiba Pessimistic for Likelihood of $18 Billion Flash Chip Deal

Near-term Chinese antitrust approval unlikely
2018.05.10 | In Brief

Betsol Acquires Zmanda Enterprise Backup From Carbonite

This later bought Zmanda in November 2012 for $15 million
2018.05.10 | Press Release

Kaseya Acquires Unitrends

In all-in-one enterprise backup and continuity solutions
2018.05.03 | Press Release

NTT Com Completes 100% Acquisition of Secure-24

US provider of managed cloud services, IT operations and applications hosting
2018.04.23 | Press Release

SmugMug to Acquire Flickr

In online photo management and sharing application
2018.04.23 | Press Release

Toshiba Memory Corporation Answers to Press Reports

On China's anti-monopoly regulator
2018.04.23 | Press Release

Dell “Leaning Against” Idea of Buying Portion of VMware

It doesn't already own.
2018.04.18 | In Brief

Microchip Receved Antitrust Clearance in USA for Acquisition of Microsemi

Also subject to clearances from China's Ministry of Commerce, Japan Fair Trade Commission, Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, Philippine Competition Commission, German Federal Cartel Office and Federal Competition Authority in Austria
2018.04.16 | Press Release

Why Technology Industry Opposed Broadcom-Qualcomm Deal

Because competitors alleged Broadcom threatened to hike prices or pressured them to sign exclusive sales deals
2018.04.12 | In Brief

Hong Kong Activist Argyle Street Management Says Toshiba NAND Chip Unit Worth $40 Billion

Twice price agreed with Bain-led consortium
2018.04.09 | In Brief

Update on Signing of Share Purchase Agreement for Sale of Toshiba Memory Corporation

Closing of transaction now anticipated in April 2018 or thereafter
2018.04.02 | Press Release

Foxconn Interconnect Technology Acquires Belkin International

For $866 million in cash
2018.03.28 | Press Release

Veritas Acquires German fluidOps

To orchestrate, integrate, manage and optimize structured and unstructured data sources housed in silos across on-premises, private, public and hybrid cloud environments
2018.03.28 | Press Release

Sale of Toshiba Memory Uncertain

Failing to gain approval from Chinese anti-trust authorities
2018.03.28 | In Brief

Toshiba Entered Into Share Purchase Agreement for Sale of All Shares of Toshiba Memory Corporation

Intends to close transaction by end of March, 2018.
2018.03.27 | Press Release

Three New Potential Buyout Targets for Broadcom

MediaTek, Cirrus Logic and Xilinx
2018.03.22 | In Brief

Paul Jacobs Offers to Buy Qualcomm

Company's director and former CEO and chairman
2018.03.20 | Press Release

Carbonite Closes Acquisition of Mozy From Dell

At $146 million in cash
2018.03.20 | Press Release

Marvell Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Cavium

$6 billion transaction to close mid-2018
2018.03.19 | Press Release

Cloudian Acquiring Other Start-Up Infinity Storage

In software-defined file storage solutions
2018.03.16 | Press Release

Broadcom Withdraws Offer to Acquire Qualcomm

Supposed to cost $117 billion and ending long battle
2018.03.15 | Press Release

Nutanix Acquires Netsil

In application discovery and operations management
2018.03.14 | Press Release

VMware Investor Jericho Capital Calls Potential Dell Merger “Terrible Deal”

In letter sent to IT giant company
2018.03.14 | Press Release

Broadcom Redomiciliation in USA

Now expected to be completed by April 3, 2018
2018.03.14 | Press Release

Trump Blocks Broadcom Bid for Qualcomm …

On grounds of US national security
2018.03.14 | In Brief

… Broadcom Disagrees That Proposed Acquisition of Qualcomm Raises National Security Concerns

As US president Donald Trump said
2018.03.14 | Press Release

Why Cisco Should – and Should not – Acquire Pure Storage ?

Higher than the $4.55 billion market capitalization it has
2018.03.13 | In Brief

Toshiba Expects to Complete NAND Chip Unit Sale by June

Awaiting antitrust regulatory approval from China
2018.03.09 | In Brief

Jungle Disk Acquires TeamPassword

To expand security suite
2018.03.08 | Press Release

Broadcom Bid for Qualcomm Investigated by Federal Government Committee

And Western digital to complaint about Broadcom
2018.03.08 | In Brief

Broadcom Disappointed Will of Qualcomm Stockholders to Be Deferred

Qualcomm secretly filed voluntary request with CFIUS to initiate investigation, resulting in delay of Qualcomm's annual meeting .
2018.03.06 | Press Release

Microchip to Acquire Microsemi

For $8.35 billion
2018.03.05 | Press Release

Qualcomm Should Know Broadcom’s Hock Tan Has Been Successful

By being aggressive with customers like Amazon and HPE
2018.03.05 | In Brief

Dell Working on Reverse Merger With VMware

IPO seen as less likely
2018.03.02 | In Brief

Nutanix to Buy Minjar

Providing unified cost control and enhanced visibility into workloads running in public clouds
2018.03.02 | Press Release

Broadcom Offers Now $79 Per Qualcomm Share

$57 in cash and $22 in Broadcom shares
2018.02.23 | Press Release

Sphere 3D Selling Data Protection and Archive Business (Overland/Tandberg) for $45 Million

To Silicon Valley Technology Partners controlled by Eric Kelly
2018.02.22 | Press Release