A few postings in reaction to Dell's acquisition of MessageOne:
Beth Pariseau from Search Storage
Stephanie Balaouras from Forrester Reseach (Beth's blog references Stephanie's blog)
Howard Marks at Information Week writing about MessageOne's service offerings.
Terry Sweeney - also of Information Week on the trend for storage vendors to sell services.
Betsy Schiffman at Wired with a somewhat skeptical view based on the relationships of the players.
There will always be skeptics about M&A deals involving family members - it comes with the territory. However, where this one is concerned there are many opinions from people outside of Dell that understand why it makes sense. I've pointed out a few in my last post here.
Comments (3)
I attended the first EUG meeting in Atlanta back in December. Are these going to continue?
Posted by Tripp Davis | February 15, 2008 11:05 AM
Posted on February 15, 2008 11:05
I'm trying to figure that one out. I'm working for a new group at Dell and my responsibilities are going to change some. I'd like to continue the user group meetings. We'll see.
Posted by marc | February 15, 2008 11:43 AM
Posted on February 15, 2008 11:43
Well now I know someone reads the InformationWeek blog. I think MessageOne makes lots of sense for lots of customers. The overhead of a Barracuda, Double-Take and an Enterprise Vault system at a branch office with 50 users is crazy.
Posted by Howard Marks | February 21, 2008 5:00 PM
Posted on February 21, 2008 17:00