M&A Deal Summary

DELL EMC Acquires Epoch Systems

On August 31, 1993, DELL EMC acquired software company Epoch Systems from TA Associates

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is DELL EMC’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is DELL EMC’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is DELL EMC’s 1st transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 1993-08-31
Target Epoch Systems
Sector Software
Buyer(s) DELL EMC
Sellers(s) TA Associates
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Epoch Systems

Westborough, Massachusetts, United States
Epoch Systems offers a line of Network File System (NFS) compatible high-capacity, high-performance archival storage servers for workstation environments.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

DELL EMC

Hopkinton, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Information Technology
Employees63,900
Revenue 24.4B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION
EMC's corporate headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.
EMC's corporate headquarters in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

Dell EMC, a part of Dell Technologies, enables organizations to modernize, automate and transform their data center using industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage and data protection technologies. This provides a trusted foundation for businesses to transform IT, through the creation of a hybrid cloud, and transform their business through the creation of cloud-native applications and big data solutions. Dell EMC, formerly EMC Corp., was established in 1979 and is based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 68
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 38
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 67
State: Massachusetts M&A 1 of 15
Country: United States M&A 1 of 61
Year: 1993 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1998-08-10 Conley

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Conley Corporation, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a provider in high-availability, high-performance storage management software for UNIX, Windows NT and other platforms. Conley designs, develops, and markets products that improve enterprise-wide data access and manageability. These products are recognized for their innovative features, high quality, and cross platform support. More than 50,000 copies of Conley software have been shipped worldwide.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

TA Associates

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1968
PE ASSETS 65.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

TA Associates is a private equity firm that targets investments in middle-market and large companies around the world. TA will consider control or minority investments in profitable companies and looks to commit between $70 and $500 million per transaction. TA proactively reaches out to companies directly in sourcing potential investment opportunities. Prospective businesses are generally valued between $100 million and $3 billion. Areas of interest include technology, software, communications, financial services, healthcare, business services, semiconductors/electronics, and consumer products/services. In addition to investing equity capital, TA also makes subordinated debt investments. TA's geographic preference is North America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. TA Associates was formed in 1968 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 261
Sector: Software M&A 5 of 58
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 9 of 133
State: Massachusetts M&A 5 of 25
Country: United States M&A 18 of 208
Year: 1993 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1993-08-30 Vantage Health Systems

Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Vantage Health Systems, Inc. (Formerly VHA Long Term Care, Inc.) manages nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. The company was acquired by ServiceMaster (NYSE: SVM), a holding company that provides various services through its subsidiaries, in August 1993.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1994-01-01 Qual-Med

Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Qual-Med owned and operated HMOs.

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