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• HP mixing R&D and M&A for innovation: COO Bill Veghte

  HP is focused on growing its core businesses as the company works to right its ship, according to HP chief operating officer Bill Veghte.

• Tape isn't dead: HP

  HP won’t let go of old storage technologies as it tries to transition customers to new ones, according to company officials at the HP World Tour in Beijing.

• HP brings 3PAR storage with mid-market with StoreServ

  During HP’s Discover event in Frankfurt, Germany, new products in the vendor’s Converged Storage portfolio were announced.

• Dell agrees to buy Compellent for $960M

  Dell has agreed to buy virtualized storage vendor Compellent Technologies in an all-cash deal worth US$27.75 per share, a little more than the $27.50 per share price tag it was discussing with the company last week, but still lower than the stock's Monday-morning opening price of $28.30.

• If Dell buys Compellent, it loses EMC partnership

  After losing a drawn-out bidding war to Hewlett-Packard to acquire storage vendor 3Par earlier this year, Dell re-opened its coffers in a bid to acquire Compellent Technologies, hoping the company will be the answer to its midrange storage area network (SAN) needs.

• Dell in talks to buy storage vendor Compellent

  Dell said Thursday it is in advanced talks with storage vendor Compellent Technologies regarding a merger that would call for Dell to pay US$27.50 per share, or roughly $876 million, for the company.

• HP completes $2.35 billion 3Par merger

  HP has completed its $2.35 billion merger with 3Par, just weeks after thwarting rival Dell in a bidding war for the storage vendor, HP announced Monday.

• HP completes $US2.35 billion 3Par merger

  HP has completed its $2.35 billion merger with 3Par, just weeks after thwarting rival Dell in a bidding war for the storage vendor, HP announced Monday. 

• HP buys 3Par, Apple rolls out new gear

  Hewlett-Packard swooped in with the better bid to overtake Dell and win 3Par, so now we can all sit back and wait for the next acquisition battle to roll around. Meanwhile, Apple debuted updated iPods and Apple TV to entertain us, among other IT news stories of the week.

• Disk storage still bouncing back, IDC says

  The market for enterprise disk storage systems grew strongly in the second quarter, continuing to recover from a slump brought on by the economic slowdown of 2008 and 2009, research company IDC said on Friday.

• HP and 3Par sign definitive merger agreement

  Hewlett-Packard and 3Par have signed a definitive agreement for HP to buy the California storage vendor for US$2.35 billion, the companies said Thursday.

• Dell loses 3Par bidding war to HP

  Dell on Thursday said it would not increase its most recent proposal to acquire virtualized storage vendor 3Par, paving the path for rival Hewlett-Packard to acquire the company.

• 3Par faces lawsuit as bidding war continues

  3Par, which is already the subject of a bidding war between Hewlett-Packard and Dell, is now among a group of companies being sued by Crossroads Systems for patent infringement.

• Dell vs HP over 3PAR: Background Briefing

  With the bidding war between HP and Dell over storage virtualisation vendor 3PAR heating up <i>Computerworld Australia</i> turns to industry experts for the lowdown on what the deal means for the storage market, HP and Dell.

• Dell sees 3Par as doorway to cloud projects

  Dell believes an acquisition of high-end storage vendor 3Par would help it gain a foothold in large enterprises moving toward cloud computing, but it doesn't think Hewlett-Packard would necessarily steal away customers if it buys 3Par instead.