Is another round of M&A drama about to ensue, courtesy of Compellent? First, there was the epic bidding war over DataDomain during the summer of 2009. EMC claimed victory over NetApp in that episode. Then earlier this year, HP was victorious in snatching 3PAR from Dell’s waiting hands. Now, Compellent’s latest, record-setting revenue disclosure and […]
3PAR: Hints of a green storage bidding war
Last year, EMC and NetApp battled it out for DataDomain, whose claim to fame was a strong data deduplication portfolio. Data deduplication, as its name suggests, helps data center operators keep their energy and storage hardware costs in check by eliminating identical sets of data that would otherwise take up room on oftentimes pricey storage […]
Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, September 22
Fortune Expanding South Bay Data Center – GlobeSt.com Located at 2001 Fortune Drive, Fortune’s Phase 1 data center, its only data center, uses 30% less energy than the industry average. Sheputis says he’s confident the added capacity from phase two…