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EMC Makes Data Domain an Offer It Probably Can't Refuse

John Paczkowski in News on July 6, 2009 at 8:33 am PT

NetApp has cleared all necessary U.S. regulatory hurdles to proceed with its acquisition of Data Domain, though it seems unlikely that the company will prevail now that rival EMC has trumped its bid for the storage vendor.

EMC Makes Data Domain an Offer It Probably Can’t Refuse

John Paczkowski in News on July 6, 2009 at 8:33 am PT

NetApp has cleared all necessary U.S. regulatory hurdles to proceed with its acquisition of Data Domain, though it seems unlikely that the company will prevail now that rival EMC has trumped its bid for the storage vendor.

Data Domain to EMC: Nix, Null, Nein, Nyet, Non, Nuh-uh, Nope, Nay…

John Paczkowski in News on June 15, 2009 at 11:00 am PT

What part of “No” does EMC not understand? On Monday the company once again said its bid for data storage equipment maker Data Domain is “superior” to a competing offer from NetApp. This, despite the fact that Data Domain earlier in the day issued a statement recommending that shareholders reject EMC’s $30-a-share cash bid.