David Johnson

Latest Dell Acquisition: Not Palm

John Paczkowski in News on February 11, 2010 at 11:01 am PT

Dell is certainly getting its money’s worth from David Johnson, the mergers and acquisitions specialist it hired away from IBM in 2009. Last fall, the PC maker announced plans to buy information technology services outfit Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion. Now, just a few months later, it’s snapping up another company. No, not Palm; Dell is acquiring Kace Networks.

Dude, You're Getting Perot Systems

John Paczkowski in News on September 21, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

David Johnson, the mergers-and-acquisitions specialist Dell hired away from IBM earlier this year, has clearly been busy these past few months. This morning, the PC maker announced plans to buy information technology services outfit Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion.

Dude, You’re Getting Perot Systems

John Paczkowski in News on September 21, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

David Johnson, the mergers-and-acquisitions specialist Dell hired away from IBM earlier this year, has clearly been busy these past few months. This morning, the PC maker announced plans to buy information technology services outfit Perot Systems for about $3.9 billion.

Mr. Rubinstein? Michael Dell on Line 1, Sir. Shall I Put Him Through to Voicemail?

John Paczkowski in News on June 11, 2009 at 1:00 pm PT

Is Dell positioning itself to make a large acquisition? It certainly appears that way. The company recently hired mergers-and-acquisitions specialist David Johnson away from IBM. And yesterday, it sold off $1 billion in bonds. Dell already has $9.7 billion in cash reserves on hand, so presumably it needs that extra billion for something beyond the “general corporate purposes” it claims.