To read this article from South China Morning Post, click on: China chip-packaging giant JCET takes over Shanghai plant of US flash memory maker SanDisk The $624 million deal is expected to enlar...
Storj Labs, Inc. announces the acquisition of PetaGene, creator of cunoFS, to build on growth propelled by Storj’s recent acquisition of distributed GPU provider, Valdi. With this news, Storj n...
Data protection and resilience company CrashPlan Group LLC acquired Parablu, Inc., provider of data security and resiliency solutions known for its offerings protecting Microsoft 365 (M365) data....
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/10/10/crashplan-buys-microsoft-partner-parablu/
iStorage Group, in hardware-encrypted storage and cloud encryption solutions, announces its acquisition of Kanguru Solutions, a US-based company in high security storage drives, duplication syste...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/10/07/istorage-from-uk-acquires-kanguru-solutions/
K1 Investment Management, LLC (K1), one of the largest investors in small-cap enterprise software companies, announced that its portfolio company Axcient, a provider of advanced BC and DR solutio...
Bocada LLC acquired JobR, a backup remediation automation solution, from AI software development company Biomni. JobR is a certified ServiceNow application, enabling organizations that use Servic...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/10/03/bocada-acquires-jobr/
Commvault Systems, Inc. will acquire Clumio, Inc., in data protection for critical cloud data in AWS. This transaction enables Commvault to leverage Clumio’s AWS offerings to provide cyber resi...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/09/27/commvault-acquires-start-up-clumio/
This article was authored by Niraj Tolia, CEO and co-founder, Alcion. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO at Kasten, the Kubernetes backup company that was acquired by Veeam in 2020. Post-a...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/09/23/v0e0e0a0m0-software-acquired-alcion/
ConnectWise LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Axcient, a provider of data protection and disaster recoveryDR solutions, with the transaction expected to close in the coming w...
Salesforce, Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Own Company, a provider of data protection and data management solutions. Own empowers organizations to ensure the availability, security...
Kalray, Inc. announces the termination of negotiations as part of its planned merger with Israeli company Pliops Ltd. Economic conditions, and in particular financial market trends, were not cond...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/08/15/end-of-negotiations-between-kalray-and-pliops/
Acronis International GmbH and EQT AB announce that the EQT X fund will acquire a majority stake in the company. The founders, management, and existing investors – including funds and accounts ...
We wrote about it right after they announced their intent to combine companies, it was on June 10. The key date for this companies move was July 15 and since that, Kalray cancelled its participat...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/26/kalray-and-pliops-confirmed-merger/
Mimecast Limited, a global Human Risk Management (HRM) platform, announced the acquisition of Code42 Software, Inc., in insider threat management and data loss prevention. Expanding on the succes...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/25/mimecast-acquires-code42/
Panzura LLC has acquired Moonwalk Universal Inc., provider of advanced data assessment, mobility, and storage optimization solutions. The strategic move will enhance Panzura’s data management p...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/22/panzura-acquires-moonwalk-universal/
Pinnacle Technology Solutions (PTS) has completed the acquisition of QCM Technologies LLC, a prominent technology solutions provider based in Scottsdale, AZ. Synergizing strengths for greater inn...
Sharon AI, Inc., a HPC business focused on AI Cloud GPU Compute Infrastructure, acquired Distributed Storage Solutions Pty Ltd (DSS) in Australia for $25 million and appointed highly experienced ...
Storj Labs, Inc. announces a new era in distributed cloud innovation with the acquisition of Valdi. It is the leader in distributed cloud object storage, disrupting the $100 billion cloud storage...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/10/storj-acquires-valdi/
A few WW storage observers received yesterday a copy of the letter sent by Derek Dicker, CEO of Nyriad. Here is a copy below. I’m reaching out to provide you with a final update on the Ny...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/07/10/nyriad-on-sale-episode-2/
Two industry leaders join forces to develop SoC solutions for Generative AI (GenAI) and storage data acceleration; By merging Pliops’ KV technology with Kalray’s MPPATM architecture, the comb...
F-Secure Corporation has signed an agreement to acquire nSense Denmark A/S, a privately held Danish company providing security consultation and vulnerability assessment services and products to l...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/06/10/f-secure-acquires-nsense/
Databarracks Ltd. acquired Glasgow, Scotland-based PlanB Consulting to enhance its operational resilience and cyber continuity consulting practice. Chris Butler, resilience director, Databarracks...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/05/17/databarracks-acquires-planb-consulting/
The thematic investment firm Summa Equity has acquired a majority stake in FAST LTA GmbH with the ambition of building a new sustainable champion in secure and compliant storage. Headquartered in...
Veeam Software, Inc. acquired Coveware, Inc., provider in cyber-extortion incident response. It brings ransomware recovery and first responder capabilities to further strengthen Veeam’s radical...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/04/24/veeam-acquires-coveware/
Commvault Systems, Inc. acquired Appranix, Inc., a cloud cyber resilience company. It is making this acquisition to help enterprises get up and running even faster after an outage or cyberattack....
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/04/17/commvault-acquired-appranix/
Nobody have seen the recent Cohesity deal with Veritas Technologies unveiled a few weeks ago but this one is big, a real surprise for the storage industry. Founded in 2011, SevenRooms, an online ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/04/01/sevenrooms-acquires-vast-data-in-10-billion-deal/
Redis Ltd., in real-time data platform, acquired Speedb Ltd., the fast data storage engine, to support an array of enterprise applications and use cases with diverse performance requirements. It ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/03/22/redis-acquires-star-up-speedb/
On March 3, 2024, SanDisk China Limited, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement with JCET Management Co., Ltd., a wholly-owne...
To read this article from Reuters, click on: Kioxia offers SK hynix chipmaking access in Japan to revive WD merger talks – report Japanese chipmaker Kioxia has offered its investor SK hynix the...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/02/19/kioxia-offers-sk-hynix-chipmaking-access-in-japan/
To read this article from Reuters, click on: HP claims $4 bln losses in London lawsuit over Autonomy deal Hewlett-Packard lost more than $4 billion over its acquisition of British software firm A...
Bizarre, Siamak Nazari, founder and CEO of Nebulon according to the company website, has updated his LinkedIn profile last Friday adding a line about Nvidia, a mention “On to new challenges” ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/02/13/any-nebulon-nvidia-pending-deal/
Cohesity, Inc. and Veritas Technologies LLC are announcing their definitive agreement under which Cohesity intends to combine with Veritas’ data protection business, which will be carved out of...
Last January 26, 3 WW storage market observers received a note from Nyriad, Inc. indicating that the board of directors has decided to put the company, or part of it even its technology asset, on...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/01/29/nyriad-on-sale/
Wasabi Technologies, Inc. announces the acquisition of Curio AI from GrayMeta, Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition includes both the IP and the visionary team behind Curio,...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/01/24/wasabi-acquires-curio-ai-from-graymeta/
Data Storage Corporation merged its 2 subsidiaries, Flagship Solutions Group and CloudFirst. Thomas Kempster, CEO, Flagship, commented: “We are excited to announce the merger of our two busines...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP and Juniper Networks, Inc. entered a definitive agreement under which HPE will acquire Juniper in an all-cash transaction for $40.00 per share, represent...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/01/10/hpe-to-acquire-juniper-networks-in-ai-native-networks/
CloudScale365, Inc., provider of managed IT services, completed its acquisition of Your Tech Team, LLC., a technology solutions consultancy based in Warren, NJ. This latter is a regional provider...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2024/01/05/cloudscale365-acquires-your-tech-team/
Francisco Partners, investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, completed the all-cash acquisition of Blancco Technology Group for 223 pence per share, representing...
New State Capital Partners (New State), a middle-market private equity firm that partners with entrepreneurially minded management teams, announced its acquisition of Agility Recovery Services (A...
Broadcom Inc. completed its acquisition of VMware, Inc. VMware’s common stock will now cease to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Hock Tan, president and CEO, Broadcom, said: “...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/11/23/finally-broadcom-completes-acquisition-of-vmware/
Broadcom Inc. and VMware, Inc. have received all required regulatory approvals and intend to close Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware on November 22, 2023. Broadcom has received legal merger cl...
Cheops Technology poursuit sa stratégie de croissance externe avec l’acquisition de la société toulousaine SolutionData. Grâce à cette acquisition, il consolide sa position de leader du cl...
Broadcom Inc. and VMware, Inc. announced their expectation that Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware will close soon, but in any event prior to the expiration of their merger agreement. The parties...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/31/broadcom-transaction-to-buy-vmware-will-close-promptly/
To read this article from Nikkei Asia, click on: Western Digital and Kioxia scrap memory chip merger talks Companies fail to bring SK hynix and Bain on board with plan Negotiations to merge Weste...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/27/negociations-between-wd-and-kioxia-terminated/
It’s not public or let say it’s not publicly visible but Broadcom, Inc., the IT connectivity giant firm, did a new move towards future server connectivity CXL. Nothing is written on respectiv...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/26/broadcom-swallowed-elastics-cloud/
Databricks, Inc. agreed to acquire Arcion Labs Inc., a Databricks Ventures portfolio company that helps enterprises quickly and reliably replicate data across on-prem, cloud databases and data pl...
DataCore Software Corp. acquired Workflow Intelligence Nexus (WIN), a seasoned workflow services and software firm that helps customers deploy and automate media workflows using the latest cloud-...
To read this article from Yahoo!Finance, click on: Kioxia Is Said to Approach JIC to Back Western Digital Deal Kioxia Holdings Corp. has approached Japan Investment Corp. about making a capital i...
VergeIO, Inc. spent 2 months surveying and conducting in-person interviews with hundreds of existing VMware customers. Among the key issues found were: Pricing Concerns – 84% of respondent...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/19/broadcom-acquisition-of-vmware/
Broadcom Inc. and VMware, Inc. announced that the deadline for VMware stockholders of record to elect the form of merger consideration they wish to receive in connection with Broadcom’s acquisi...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/19/broadcom-and-vmware-announce-election-deadline/
To read this article from Kyodo News, click on: Japan chipmaker Kioxia, Western Digital close to merger: sources Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. and its U.S. peer Western Digital Corp. a...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/16/kioxia-and-western-digital-close-to-merge/
To read this article from South China Morning Post, click on: Chinese storage specialist Longsys, a major client of US chip maker Micron, completes US$132 million takeover of Suzhou plant from Ta...
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation commenced an arbitration vs. MaxLinear, Inc. for breaching its May 5, 2022 agreement to acquire the company (the merger agreement). The claim was filed in th...
EditShare, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Shift Media, a cloud-native video solution provider that helps creators manage, present, and collaborate on their high value proje...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/10/04/editshare-to-merge-with-shift-media/
• Together, Cisco and Splunk will help move organizations from threat detection and response to threat prediction and prevention • Combined, they will become one of the world’s largest soft...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/09/22/cisco-to-acquire-splunk/
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (the company) disclosed additional details regarding MaxLinear, Inc.‘s termination of its May 5, 2022 agreement to acquire the company. As previously discl...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/09/22/silicon-motion-provides-certain-details/
To read this article from Bloomberg, click on: Chip Memory Firm Kioxia’s Banks Prep $14 Billion Loan for Western Digital Merger At least 3 Japanese banks plan to submit commitment letter. Deal ...
Robbins LLP reminds investors of a class action lawsuit vs. MaxLinear, Inc. on behalf of persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired American Depository Shares of Silicon Motion Tech...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/09/13/class-action-lawsuit-vs-maxlinear-by-robbins/
Broadcom Inc. affirmed its expectation that its acquisition of VMware, Inc. will close on October 30, 2023, and provided an update on its progress with various regulatory agencies. On August 21, ...
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation issued a written notice to MaxLinear, Inc., terminating the agreement and plan of merger between the parties dated as of May 5, 2022. Silicon Motion’s posi...
ThinkOn, a cloud solution provider (CSP) with a global data centre footprint, has purchased the client base and related assets and services from Probax. The deal divests Probax of its backup and ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/08/10/thinkon-acquires-division-of-probax/
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation issued a written notice to MaxLinear, Inc., in which it categorically rejected MaxLinear’s purported termination of the merger agreement, and the assertion...
• Will unify data security posture across enterprise, cloud, and SaaS to deliver cyber resilience • Announces intent to open new R&D center in Israel to fuel cybersecurity innovation Rubrik, ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/08/09/rubrik-acquires-laminar/
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation announced that Silicon Motion and MaxLinear, Inc. received antitrust approval from the State Administration for Market Regulation in the People’s Republic ...
This article was published on July 17, 2023 by TECH NEWS SPACE. According to the terms of the 2020 deal between Intel and SK hynix, the Korean side must pay the American company $2 billion by Mar...
To read this article from Bloomberg, click on: Western Digital and Japan’s Kioxia Seek to Reach Merger Deal by August Western Digital Corp. and Kioxia Holdings Corp. – after months of talks �...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/07/18/wd-and-kioxia-seek-to-reach-merger-deal-by-august/
To read this article from Seeking Alpha, click on: Western Digital, Kioxia tie-up could rival Samsung for NAND leadership: Benchmark Following last week’s report that Western Digital is trying ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/07/18/western-digital-kioxia-tie-up-could-rival-samsung/
ScalePad Software, Inc., provider of solutions MSPs use to effectively manage their clients’ infrastructure and improve their internal operations, acquired Adept Managed Continuity (AdeptMC), a...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/07/14/scalepad-acquires-adept-managed-continuity/
Broadcom Inc. received conditional approval today from the European Commission to complete its acquisition of VMware, Inc. With this decision, the Commission recognizes the importance of this com...
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses, announced its acquisition of Riverbed Technology LLC, an IT solutions prov...
The team behind Rubicon is joining Databricks, Inc. Founded by large scale infrastructure builders, Akhil Gupta and Sergei Tsarev, Rubicon is a start-up working on building storage systems for A...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/06/21/databricks-acquires-start-up-rubicon/
To read this article from Kyodo News, click on: Japanese chipmaker Kioxia, Western Digital in merger talks Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. and its U.S. peer Western Digital Corp. are in ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/06/06/kioxia-wd-in-merger-talks/
Vector Capital, a private equity firm specializing in transformational investments in established technology businesses, agreed to acquire Riverbed Technology LLC. Riverbed’s existing lenders w...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/06/01/private-equity-firm-vector-capital-to-acquire-riverbed/
On a 8K SEC filing published on 05/26/23, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, wrote: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. On May 26, 2023, H3C Holdings Limited and Izar Holding Co. and tog...
To read this article from Datacenter Dynamics, click on CLAR proposes to buy Seagate Singapore R&D facility with data center Seagate Singapore to remain sole occupant for remaining 10-year lease ...
To read this article from Reuters, click on Exclusive: Kioxia, Western Digital speed up merger talks as memory chip demand slumps Kioxia Holdings Corp. and Western Digital Corp. are speeding up m...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/05/16/kioxia-western-digital-speed-up-merger-talks/
Hammerspace, Inc., in data orchestration of enterprise file data to any compute, application, or user anywhere, announced the acquisition of Rozo Systems SAS, the creator of the Mojette Transform...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/05/12/hammerspace-officially-acquires-rozo-systems/
Creates transformative scale and a highly profitable $2+ billion revenue semiconductor company Addition of Silicon Motion’s NAND flash controller technology and customer relationships complemen...
BMC Software, Inc. announced the acquisition of Model9 Software, a mainframe cloud data management software company that delivers innovation to companies looking for a fast, smooth, and low-risk ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/04/26/bmc-acquires-start-up-model9/
Thrive, provider of cybersecurity, cloud and digital transformation managed services, acquired Storagepipe Solutions, Inc., a cloud, data protection, managed services and cybersecurity provider b...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/04/26/thrive-acquires-canadian-based-storagepipe/
Trusted Data Solutions (TDS), in legacy data management, has recently acquired Assured Data Technologies (ADT), an India-based digital solutions and services company. To meet customer demand, TDS...
The technology is not lost for everyone but it’s a shame that an alternative scale-out NAS solution like RozoFS ends like this as the market demands is even bigger than it was. But the question...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/04/17/hammerspace-swallowed-rozofs-silently/
The European Commission has informed Broadcom, Inc. of its preliminary view that its proposed acquisition of VMware, Inc. may restrict competition in the market for certain hardware components wh...
To read this article from Forbes, click on: Storage Implications From The Toshiba Buyout Earlier efforts to keep the company in business included its sale of much of its profitable NAND flash bus...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/03/30/storage-implications-from-toshiba-buyout/
To read this article from Nikkei Asia, click on: Toshiba accepts $15 billion buyout offer from Japanese consortium Japan Industrial Partners-led bid marks 10% premium over stock’s latest close....
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OpsRamp, Inc., an IT operations management (ITOM) company that monitors, observes, automates and manages I...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/03/21/hpe-acquires-opsramp/
Zadara, Inc. has acquired Brazil-based technology provider and Zadara’s exclusive Brazilian distributor, ZVS, further expanding its LATAM presence. Zadara’s edge cloud has more than 500 point...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/03/21/zadara-expands-latam-presence/
Serene Investment Management LLC announced the acquisition of Nexsan, a StorCentric, Inc. company that has been delivering highly-reliable, cost-effective storage solutions to serve specific use ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/03/21/serene-investment-management-acquires-nexsan/
Akamai Technologies, Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ondat, a cloud-based storage technology provider with a Kubernetes-native platform for running stateful applications anywh...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/03/08/akamai-acquires-cloud-storage-company-ondat/
Nvidia acquired Excelero in March 2022 and the Santa Clara giant didn’t issue any press release just a blog post like he did with the SwiftStack acquisition made 2 years earlier. We learned fro...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/03/06/nvidia-paid-35-million-in-2022-for-excelero/
Cristie Software completed the acquisition of Storix, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Storix is a provider of backup and recovery software for Linux, AIX and Solaris based virtual and physical sy...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/02/24/cristie-software-completes-acquisition-of-storix/
To read this article from Forbes, click on: Some Perspectives On A Potential Kioxia/WDC NAND Merger Given the fab arrangement between Kioxia and WDC and the history of NAND business profitability...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/31/some-perspectives-on-potential-kioxia-wdc-nand-merger/
McKinsey & Company welcomes Iguazio Ltd, in AI and ML, to its firm. With the addition of Iguazio’s technology and a team of more than 70 data and AI experts, it will be able to accelerate and s...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/31/mckinsey-acquires-iguazio/
DataCore Software Corp. has acquired Object Matrix Ltd, the object storage pioneer and media archive specialist. Object Matrix’s appliances and cloud offerings will become part of the DataCore ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/25/datacore-acquires-object-matrix/
To read this article from Bloomberg, click on: Western Digital Talks With Kioxia Are Said to Be Advancing Companies are discussing a dual-stock listing in Japan. Western Digital management in tal...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/24/wd-talks-with-kioxia-to-be-advancing/
QlikTech International AB announced its intention to acquire Talend, Inc. which would bring together 2 Thoma Bravo, LP-backed industry firms with a shared focus on adding value to data to deliver...
The Futurum Group, a holding company comprised of a family of industry research firms focused on analyzing emerging and market-disrupting technologies, identifying and validating trends, and deli...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/10/futurum-acquires-evaluator-group/
To read this article from Bloomberg, click on: Western Digital, Kioxia Revive Merger Talks With flash Memory Demand Sinking Discussions follow 2021 push that failed to yield transaction. WD share...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/06/wd-and-kioxia-revive-merger-talks/
To read this article from CRN, click on: HPE Is Selling Its 49% Stake In H3C China Subsidiary Hewlett Packard Enterprise aid in a U.S. SEC filing that it intends to sell its 49% stake in its H3C ...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2023/01/06/hpe-selling-49-stake-in-h3c-china/
To read this report from CRN, click on: HPE Says ‘There Are No Discussions With Nutanix’ The HPE statement comes after Dealreporter reported that HPE is no longer in talks to buy Nutanix, sen...
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2022/12/29/hpe-says-there-are-no-discussions-to-buy-nutanix/