Editing Dell (section)

==Acquisitions==
{{Further|List of Dell ownership activities}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of companies acquired by Dell Inc.
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!scope="col"| Company acquired
!scope="col"| Date of acquisition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"| Company notes
!scope="col"| References
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!scope="row"| [[Alienware]]
|{{Date table sorting|2006}}
| Manufacturer of high-end PCs for gamers || <ref>{{cite news|title=Dell to Buy Alienware, a Maker Of High-End PC's for Gamers|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A12FB3D540C708EDDAA0894DE404482|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 13, 2012|date=March 23, 2006}}</ref><ref>WhatIz website over [https://web.archive.org/web/20120712065127/http://apnizindagi.com/index.php/2011/11/what-iz-alienware-android-cell-phone/ WHAT IZ @ Alienware Android Cell Phone?], apnizindagi.com. November 10, 2011.</ref><ref name="AW">{{cite web|access-date=October 29, 2008|url=http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2006/tc20060323_034268.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060324235058/http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2006/tc20060323_034268.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 24, 2006|title=Dell Goes High-end and Hip |work=Bloomberg BusinessWeek |publisher=McGraw-Hill|date=March 23, 2006|author=Lee, Louise}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[EqualLogic]]
| {{Date table sorting|January 28, 2008}}
| Acquired to gain a foothold in the [[iSCSI]] storage market. Because Dell already had an efficient manufacturing process, integrating EqualLogic's products into the company drove manufacturing prices down || <ref name="Dell-Inc-Nov-2007-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2608/95013407023369/filing-main.htm |title=Dell Inc, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Nov 8, 2007 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="Dell-Inc-Jan-2008-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2938/0001157523-08-000616.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511021549/http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2938/0001157523-08-000616.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=live |title=Dell Inc, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jan 28, 2008 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=October 29, 2008|url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/desktop/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202802668|title=Dell's EqualLogic Buy Could Drive Down iSCSI Storage Prices |work=InformationWeek|publisher=United Business Media|date=November 5, 2007|author=Gonsalves, Antone}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Perot Systems]]
| {{Date table sorting|2009}}
| Perot Systems was a technology services and outsourcing company, mainly active in the health sector, founded by former presidential hopeful [[H. Ross Perot]]. The acquired business provided Dell with applications development, systems integration, and strategic consulting services through its operations in the US and 10 other countries. In addition, the acquisition of Perot brought a variety of business process outsourcing services, including claims processing and call center operations. || <ref name="Dell-Inc-Sep-2009-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2481/0000950123-09-044357.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511015029/http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2481/0000950123-09-044357.pdf |archive-date=2013-05-11 |url-status=live |title=Dell Inc, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Sep 21, 2009 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2009-09/15005025-update-7-Dell-to-buy-perot-systems-for-dollar-3-9-billion-020.htm |title=Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion |publisher=Finanznachrichten.de |date=September 22, 2009 |access-date=November 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company/Perot_Systems_Corporation/crycki-1.html |title=Perot Systems |year=2009|publisher=[[Hoover's]] |access-date=January 4, 2010}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[KACE Networks]]
| {{Date table sorting|February 10, 2010}}
| KACE Networks was a leader in systems management appliances. ||<ref>{{cite news|title=Dell Acquires Systems Management Company KACE|url=https://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2010/02/11/11idg-dell-acquires-systems-management-vendor-kace-12056.html | work=The New York Times | first1=Agam|last1=Shah|date=February 11, 2010}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| Boomi
| {{Date table sorting|November 2, 2010}}
| Cloud integration leader ||<ref name="htanna">{{cite web|title=Dell Acquires SaaS Company, Boomi|date=November 2, 2010 |url=http://siliconangle.com/blog/2010/11/02/dell-acquires-saas-company-boomi/|publisher=SiliconANGLE|access-date=November 3, 2010}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Compellent Technologies]]
| {{Date table sorting|February 2011}}
| The acquisition extended Dell's storage portfolio. ||<ref name="Dell-Inc-Mar-2011-10-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/1364/95012311025579/filing-main.htm |title=Dell Inc, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Mar 15, 2011 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 8, 2013}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Force10]] networks
| {{Date table sorting|August 2011}}
| By acquiring this company Dell now has the full [[Intellectual property]] for their networking portfolio, which was lacking on the Dell PowerConnect range as these products are powered by [[Broadcom]] or [[Marvell Technology Group|Marvell]] IM. || <ref name="reg10">{{cite news |title= Dell buys Force 10 Networks: Storm winds to leave Brocade out in the cold? |author= Chris Mellor |work= The Register |date=July 20, 2011 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/20/dell_buying_force_10/ |access-date= August 8, 2011}}</ref> 
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!scope="row"| [[Dell AppAssure|AppAssure]] Software
| {{Date table sorting|February 24, 2012}}
| Dell acquired the backup and disaster recovery software provider out of Reston, VA. AppAssure delivered 194 percent revenue growth in 2011 and over 3500% growth in the prior three years. AppAssure supported physical servers and VMware, Hyper-V and XenServer. The deal represents the first acquisition since Dell formed its software division under former CA CEO John Swainson. Dell added that it will keep AppAssure's 230 employees and invest in the company. ||<ref name="Dell-Inc-May-2012-10-Q">{{cite web|url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2772/0000826083-12-000011.pdf |title=Dell Inc, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date May 31, 2012 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 8, 2013}}</ref> 
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!scope="row"| [[SonicWall]]
| {{Date table sorting|May 9, 2012}}
| A company with 130 patents, SonicWall develops security products, and is a network and data security provider. ||<ref>Businesswire: [http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120509005671/en/Dell-Completes-Acquisition-Security-Leader-SonicWALL Dell completes acquisition SonicWall], May 9, 2012</ref><ref>USA Today, page B1, published March 14, 2008, "Dell buys security specialist SonicWall"</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Wyse]]
| {{Date table sorting|April 2, 2012}}
| A global market-leader for [[thin client]] systems. ||<ref name="Dell-Inc-May-2012-10-Q"/><ref>InformationAge.com website: [http://www.information-age.com/channels/data-centre-and-it-infrastructure/news/2096693/dell-buys-thin-client-market-leader-wyse.thtml Dell buys thin client market leader Wyse], April 2, 2012. Visited: April 3, 2012</ref>
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!scope="row"| Clerity Solutions
| {{Date table sorting|April 3, 2012}}
| Clerity, a company offering services for application (re)hosting, was formed in 1994 and has it headquarters in Chicago. At the time of the take-over approximately 70 people were working for the company. ||<ref name="Dell-Inc-May-2012-10-Q"/><ref>Dell press-release [http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-04-02-dell-acquisitions-clerity-solutions.aspx Dell Acquires Clerity Solutions, Launching New Applications Modernization Services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403165051/http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-04-02-dell-acquisitions-clerity-solutions.aspx |date=April 3, 2012}}, April 3, 2012</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Quest Software]]
| {{Date table sorting|September 28, 2012}}
| ||<ref name="Dell-Inc-Jul-2012-8-K">{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2572/119312512291776/filing-main.htm |title=Dell Inc, Form 8-K, Current Report, Filing Date Jul 2, 2012 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date =March 8, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/story/2012-07-02/dell-buys-quest/55978194/1|title=Dell buying Quest Software for $2.36 billion|work=USA Today|date=July 2, 2012|access-date=July 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dell-ponies-up-24b-to-buy-quest-software/|title=Dell ponies up $2.4B to buy Quest Software|work=CBS News|date=July 2, 2012|access-date=July 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>Dell official pressrelease: [http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-09-28-dell-acquisition-quest-software.aspx Dell completes acquisition of Quest software] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103121318/http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-09-28-dell-acquisition-quest-software.aspx |date=November 3, 2012}}, September 28, 2012. Visited: November 1, 2012</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Gale Technologies]]
| {{Date table sorting|November 16, 2012}}
| A provider of infrastructure automation products. Gale Technologies was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. ||<ref>Dell Pressreleases: [http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-11-16-dell-acquisitions-gale-technologies.aspx Dell Acquires Gale Technologies, a Leading Provider of Infrastructure Automation Solutions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121119213359/http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-11-16-dell-acquisitions-gale-technologies.aspx |date=November 19, 2012}}, November 16, 2012. Visited: November 28, 2012</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[Credant Technologies]]
| {{Date table sorting|December 18, 2012}}
| A provider of storage protection services. Credant is the 19th acquisition in four years, as Dell had spent $13 billion on acquisitions since 2008 and $5 billion in the past year alone.  ||<ref>Dell press-release: [http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-12-18-dell-acquisition-credant-technologies.aspx Dell reaches agreement for acquiring Credant Technologies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102221245/http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/secure/2012-12-18-dell-acquisition-credant-technologies.aspx |date=January 2, 2013}}, December 18, 2012. Visited: December 26, 2012</ref><ref>informationweek.com: [http://www.informationweek.com/hardware/data-centers/6-dell-storylines-to-watch-in-2013/240145028?pgno=1 6 Dell storylines to watch in 2013], December 20, 2012. Visited: December 26, 2012</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[StatSoft]]
| {{Date table sorting|March 24, 2014}}
| A global provider of analytics software, in order to bolster its [[big data]] services offering. ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/secure/2014-03-17-dell-acquires-statsoft-data-analytics-software|title=Dell Acquires StatSoft to Bolster Portfolio of Big Data Solutions|publisher=dell.com|access-date=March 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508013014/http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/secure/2014-03-17-dell-acquires-statsoft-data-analytics-software|archive-date=May 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| [[EMC Corporation|EMC²]]
| {{Date table sorting|October 12, 2015}}
|[[EMC Corporation#Products and services|Storage, virtualization, services, cloud, data center, security and compliance]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dell EMC agree to merge in biggest tech deal ever|url = https://money.cnn.com/2015/10/12/technology/dell-emc/index.html|website = CNNMoney|access-date = 2015-10-22|first = David|last = Goldman| date=October 12, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Press Release: Michael S. Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake Lead Transaction to Combine Dell and EMC, Creating Premier End-to-End Technology Company|url = http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2015/20151012-02.htm|website = www.emc.com|access-date = 2015-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Dell and EMC: Why, and What It Means - Reflections|url = https://reflectionsblog.emc.com/2015/10/dell-and-emc-why-and-what-it-means/|website = Reflections| date=October 12, 2015 |access-date = 2015-10-22}}</ref>

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