Force10's networking capabilities complement the company's data center solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings.
Dell yesterday announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Force10 Networks, Inc., a data center hardware provider. Force10's networking capabilities complement the company's data center solutions portfolio, enabling it to offer customers a broader range of enterprise offerings.
The company articulates that it has taken significant steps over the past three years to expand its enterprise portfolio to offer customers a complete range of data center products and solutions. This includes developing an integrated stack of leading server, storage, networking and services resources to help customers streamline operations, reduce IT costs, manage data growth and simplify management. The acquisition of Force10 and investment in networking is a natural complement to its server strength.
According to it, Force10 provides global service and support capabilities around the world through a direct sales force and an extensive network of channel partners and systems integrators. Much like past acquisitions of Compellent and EqualLogic, the company is committed to maintaining and growing Force10's channel program. Force10's customers include leading Web 2.0 and Fortune 100 companies, internet portals, global carriers, leading research laboratories and government organizations with some of the world's most demanding network environments.
The company states that in the 'Virtual Era', it delivers an open and integrated approach to data center solutions. As part of this approach, its networking philosophy drives performance that can radically reduce costs by significantly streamlining operations. Force10 solutions provide enterprise performance and resiliency while reducing overall total cost of ownership (TCO), simplifying network deployment, and supporting open, standards-based systems and management solutions. The company and Force10 have had a successful partnership for more than six years, providing data center customers with open, capable and affordable networking solutions. It adds that the company also plans to keep Force10's existing operations in Chennai, India as it continues to invest in additional engineering and sales capability to grow this business.
The company avers that the transaction was approved by the board of directors of the company and Force10. Additional terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction remains subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in late summer.
"Today's data center networks are too complex and require too much manual intervention. What worked in the past is no longer viable in the virtual era," said Brad Anderson, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Solutions Group, Dell. "Dell's approach of offering customers open, capable and affordable solutions aligns with Force10's approach to offering customers new levels of flexibility, performance, scale and automation which is fundamental to changing the economics of data center networking."
"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," said Henry Wasik, Chief Executive Officer, Force10 Networks.
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