M&A Deal Summary

Dell Acquires AppAssure Software

On February 24, 2012, Dell acquired software company AppAssure Software

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dell’s 4th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Dell’s 19th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dell’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-02-24
Target AppAssure Software
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Dell
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

AppAssure Software

Reston, Virginia, United States
AppAssure is a provider of complete application protection for virtual, physical and cloud infrastructures.

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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 20 of 31
Sector (Software) 4 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 18 of 29
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 19 of 28
Year (2012) 1 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-20 Force10 Networks

San Jose, California, United States

Force10 Networks, Inc. is a manufacturer of networking equipment and solutions for data center and other network deployments.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-13 SonicWALL

Milpitas, California, United States

SonicWALL is a provider of an Internet security solutions and appliances. SonicWALL has three business units: Network Security, Content Security, and Business Continuity. SonicWALL was founded in 1991 and is based in Milpitas, California.

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