Well after posting my previous blog and saying that HP had lost out, they go and make a higher bid for 3Par but the story doesn’t end there as now Dell are looking at sweetening their offer for the Storage Company. So what next……….
If I was a 3Par board member I think I would still be in favour of the Dell offer even though the HP offer is more, the benefit from Dell will be higher I feel for the company and its values. I can only see a HP win meaning the end of 3Par as we know it and HP using it to replace their EVA which has been due for a refresh for some time.
I did consider an off the wall idea of maybe EMC making a late bid for 3Par but there is really no merit to be gained by them doing this, as they already have a very good product set in that space and the 3Par technology wouldn’t add anything to their portfolio.
Acquisitions seem to be the hot topic at the moment, I can see at least 1 big acquisition within the next 12 months, who that will involve remains to be seen. But rumours are starting around and EMC/Cisco merger, this really would be a huge beast of a company if that happened. With EMC and its huge array of technology offerings but a gap in the Network/Server space this would be filled by Cisco’s offerings in those markets. I could see a company of that proportion challenging the old crew of HP/IBM potentially and really being a force to be reckoned with.
Time will tell who will win the 3Par war, but I hope it will be Dell to triumph in this fight as at least the 3Par values will have a chance of survival…