Dell Is Going To Buy Out VMware's Parent, EMC
After rumors were swirling last week that Dell was planning to buy EMC, the parent company of VMWare, for $50 billion USD, today that information was firmed up and the purchase price is actually $67 billion -- making it one of the largest tech deals ever.
Dell buying out EMC will further expand its enterprise footprint and is part of their goal to become an end-to-end technology company. VMware meanwhile will remain an independent, publicly-traded company.
While not all of you are interested in VMware virtualization, don't forget that VMware employs many core Mesa/Gallium3D developers after they acquired Tungsten Graphics a few years back so they'd have an in-house team working on their virtual VMware (VMWgfx) open-source graphics driver stack for providing 2D/3D acceleration to guest VMs.
More details on Dell buying out EMC can be found via this morning's press release.
Dell buying out EMC will further expand its enterprise footprint and is part of their goal to become an end-to-end technology company. VMware meanwhile will remain an independent, publicly-traded company.
While not all of you are interested in VMware virtualization, don't forget that VMware employs many core Mesa/Gallium3D developers after they acquired Tungsten Graphics a few years back so they'd have an in-house team working on their virtual VMware (VMWgfx) open-source graphics driver stack for providing 2D/3D acceleration to guest VMs.
More details on Dell buying out EMC can be found via this morning's press release.
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