M&A Deal Summary

Dell Acquires Scalent Systems

On July 1, 2010, Dell acquired software company Scalent Systems

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dell’s 3rd transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Dell’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dell’s 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-07-01
Target Scalent Systems
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Dell
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Scalent Systems

Palo Alto, California, United States
Scalent provides software that makes data center infrastructure dynamic, easily scalable and highly efficient.

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Buyer

Dell

Round Rock, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees133,000
Revenue 88.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Building 7 on Dell's campus in Round Rock, Texas.
Building 7 on Dell's campus in Round Rock, Texas.

Dell is a global provider of technology equipment and information technology software and solutions. Dell Technologies looks to bring together the entire infrastructure from hardware to software to services. Through its recent combination with EMC, Dell Technologies offers next-generation solutions through its Client Solutions Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, VMware, Inc., RSA Information Security, SecureWorks Corp., Pivotal Software, Inc., Boomi, Inc., and Virtustream, Inc. Dell's solutions enable digital transformation and encompass software-defined data centers, all-flash arrays, hybrid cloud, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, cloud-native software application development tools, mobile, and security solutions. Dell was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Round Rock, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 31
Sector (Software) 3 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 29
State (California) 4 of 11
Country (United States) 11 of 28
Year (2010) 3 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-11 KACE Networks

Mountain View, California, United States

KACE is a systems management appliance company that targets mid-sized businesses and public institutions, including government, education and healthcare.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-07-19 Ocarina Networks

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Ocarina Networks, Inc. provides innovative storage optimization technology – including compression and deduplication – helps customers significantly reduce data management costs and streamline operations.

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