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Note: Rumors about which networking company Dell was going to acquire have been silenced today with the announcement of its intent to acquire Force10. What Dell gets from Force10 is an equipment vendor that specializes in high-performance computing and has a clearly defined strategy to support cloud computing, orchestration and automation.
Rumors and prognostications about which networking company Dell was going to acquire have been silenced today with the announcement of Dell's intent to acquire Force10. It's no secret that Dell has been shopping for a networking vendor, and some analysts' top pick for Dell's acquisition strategy was Brocade, which would have given Dell a strong entry into both Ethernet and Fibre Channel networking, but it appears those predictions were off the mark. What Dell gets from Force10 is an equipment vendor that specializes in high-performance computing and has a clearly defined strategy to support cloud computing, orchestration and automation. While Force 10 doesn't have the...