Due in large part to Dell’s failure to acquire 3PAR, the high price that HP paid for 3PAR, as well as other storage vendor acquisitions such IBM-Storwize, Dell-Ocarina and EMC-Greenplum, speculation is running rampant over who will be acquired next. And many storage vendors’ stock prices have been driven to all-time highs as a result.
Enterprise Storage Forum freelance writer Christine Cignoli recently spoke to industry analysts and consultants and came up with a Top 10 acquisition targets list, which included:
#1 – Pillar Data Systems
#2 – Compellent Technologies
#3 – CommVault
#4 – Xiotech
#5 – Isilon Systems
#6 – DataDirect Networks
#7 – InMage
# 8 – Permabit Technology
# 9 – Citrix Systems
#10 – R1 Soft
Read the full analysis, with analyst comments, on Enterprise Storage Forum: “Top 10 Storage Acquisition Targets”
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