Dell intends to acquire Force10 networks

Dell intends to acquire Force10 networks

So another acquisition by a computer systems supplier of a networking infrastructure company. This trend started when Compaq acquired Thomas Conrad back in 1995, and is continuing today with the announcement that Dell is intending to acquire Force10 networks, according to information on both their websites released yesterday. No mention is made of price or mechanics of the deal.

Dell's announcement

“Today's datacenter networks are too complex and require too much manual intervention. What worked in the past is no longer viable in the virtual era. Dell's approach of offering customers open, capable and affordable solutions aligns with 's approach to offering customers new levels of flexibility, , scale and automation which is fundamental to changing the economics of datacenter networking.” – Brad Anderson, SVP, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell.

“We are excited to work with Dell. Combining Dell's global scale, reach and enterprise portfolio with our innovation in high-performance networking provides our customers the best end-to-end solution for today's and tomorrow's data centers,” – Henry Wasik, CEO, Force10 Networks.

This will give Dell better control of the key grid and cloud infrastructure element that it is now missing, and access to the of Force10's distributed core architecture (like that used by Juniper, see Juniper QFabric Switches use Autonomic Ideas).

Update: 13 July 2016: The original links to the press-releases no longer work these have been to a new link referencing this on Dell's website. The old Force10 site doesn't exist in its original state either. Stock information removed as Dell is now privately owned.
John Dixon

John Dixon is the Principal Consultant of thirteen-ten nanometre networks Ltd, based in Wiltshire, United Kingdom. He has a wide range of experience, (including, but not limited to) operating, designing and optimizing systems and networks for customers from global to domestic in scale. He has worked with many international brands to implement both data centres and wide-area networks across a range of industries. He is currently supporting a major SD-WAN vendor on the implementation of an environment supporting a major global fast-food chain.

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