Take a Network Break! On today’s episode we dig into the official merger of Dell and EMC, and how the company is shedding employees and businesses. Speaking of shedding businesses, we also look at moves by HPE and Intel to spin out software groups while still retaining a stake.
Samsung sells its printer business to HP, Cisco buys a container startup, and UK Internet provider Sky goes all-IPv6. Last but not least, we parse a research report on the growth of cloud workloads.
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Show Links:
Dell Closes $60 Billion Merger with EMC – Wall Street Journal
Going Private Is Paying Off For Dell – Wall Street Journal
OpenText Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Dell EMC’s Enterprise Content Division, including Documentum – OpenText
Dell Technologies to Cut at Least 2,000 Jobs After EMC Deal – Bloomberg
HPE To Spin Off Software Assets In $8.6 Billion Transaction – Packet Pushers
Samsung Sells Printer Business to HP for $1.05 Billion – Bloomberg
Intel Sells a Majority Stake of Cybersecurity Unit to TPG – NY Times
Cisco has Acquired ContainerX – Cisco
Sky completes roll out of IPv6 becoming the first major UK Internet provider to future-proof its services for customers – Sky
60% of Enterprise Workloads are Expected to Run in the Cloud by 2018 – SDX Central