Intrigue is thick surrounding EMC these days. The story line goes something like this: An activist shareholder is pressuring EMC to sell itself to companies that might be interested in acquiring the data storage giant. Considering EMC’s size, the list of suitors is short — the two names that keep circulating are HP and Dell. The unfolding story has been long in the making. EMC apparently has been discussing merger possibilities with HP for a year or more. Whether those talks could reignite now that Dell is in the picture is unclear.
EMC Swings Its Partners in Rumored Deal Talks
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 22, 2014 05:30 PMIntrigue is thick surrounding EMC these days. The story line goes something like this: An activist shareholder is pressuring EMC to sell itself to companies that might be interested in acquiring the data storage giant. Considering EMC’s size, the list of suitors is short — the two names that keep circulating are HP and Dell. The unfolding story has been long in the making. EMC apparently has been discussing merger possibilities with HP for a year or more. Whether those talks could reignite now that Dell is in the picture is unclear.