It looks as if EMC and activist investor Elliott Management have worked out their differences at least in the short term. EMC added two Elliott-friendly directors to its board, bringing the total… Read more »
EMC is taking on more of Cisco’s stake in VCE, maker of Vblock converged hardware. One reason? VCE partners Cisco and VMware have been at each other’s throats. Read more »
The Wall Street Journal reports that EMC and HP seriously discussed a “merger of equals,” but talks broke down over fear that shareholders would not swallow the deal. Read more »
Tech all-star Diane Greene is ostensibly working on Demeterr, a super-secret SaaS company — application focus unknown — and is also investing in Datrium. Read more »
Elliott Management will use its $1 billion stake in EMC to push for change and divestiture of federation companies, according to the Wall Street Journal. Read more »
The week in cloud was busy, busy what with VMware snapping up AirWatch and IBM dumping servers. But, what, exactly, is EMC’s public cloud deal? Read more »
Will VMware be able to replicate the monster success it achieved inside corporate server rooms in the cloud at large? Maybe, but it will have to execute well on many fronts… Read more »
We’ve all heard about the brain drain at VMware. Now we know where some of those brains are headed — to Datrium, the startup funded and founded by VMware co-founder Diane… Read more »