bidding war

Will Oracle and Microsoft Bid on Autonomy?

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 16, 2010 at 7:24 am PT

A sketchily sourced report out of London says that Oracle and Microsoft may be lining up to bid on the British Software firm Autonomy early in 2011. Rumors are always rumors of course, but there’s a good reason to give this one some thought.

Dell to Acquire Compellent

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 13, 2010 at 5:21 am PT

Three months after losing a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard over 3Par, Dell acquires another storage company.

Hewlett-Packard Raises 3Par Bid–Again

John Paczkowski in News on September 2, 2010 at 6:15 am PT

The bidding war over 3Par is beginning to look more like a game of Texas Hold’em. This morning Hewlett-Packard again raised its bid for the data storage provider, trumping a superior bid made by Dell just hours before.

Will Dell Bail on 3Par?

John Paczkowski in News on August 31, 2010 at 2:00 am PT

With its $2 billion bid for storage vendor 3Par last week, Hewlett-Packard began to skirt the line between a rational proposed buyout and an irrational one. At $30 per share, the offer represents a staggering 310 percent premium over 3Par’s stock before the bidding war between Dell and HP began.

HP’s New Bid For 3Par: $30 per Share. 3Par’s New Share Price: $31.44.

John Paczkowski in News on August 27, 2010 at 6:37 am PT

Oh, it’s really on now. Hewlett-Packard increased its bid for data storage vendor 3Par to $30 a share this morning–about 90 minutes after Dell matched its previous offer of $27.

HP, Dell in Bidding War for 3Par

John Paczkowski in News on August 23, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Mark Hurd’s unexpected departure from Hewlett-Packard earlier this month may have shaken the company a bit, but it hasn’t clouded its strategic objectives. HP this morning made a $1.6 billion bid to buy 3Par, just a week after Dell agreed to buy the data-storage provider for $1.15 billion.

NetApp Gives Up; Data Domain to Be Acquired by EMC

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2009 at 1:22 pm PT

EMC has long claimed that its bid for Data Domain is clearly superior to NetApp’s, and today NetApp finally agreed. After market close Wednesday afternoon, NetApp said it has terminated its merger agreement with Data Domain, giving the data storage technology vendor leave to accept EMC’s unsolicited takeover bid–at $33.50 a share cash, an 11 percent premium over its own.