No sooner had we posted this morning on the offer / counter-offer bidding war between Dell and HP for the ownership of 3PAR that the Financial Times began reporting that the war was over, and HP walked away the winner. Hewlett-Packard appeared to have won the bidding battle for data storage technology company 3Par on Thursday, after Dell said it would not raise its offer and was ending talks. I spoke with John Furrier briefly before he went on the air this morning at VMworld on #theCube, and he took great joy in pointing out that he was on record predicting the outcome of the auction. “HP wins big here, mainly because 3PAR’s technology looks is set to become an essential piece of HP’s thin provisioning segment,” said John. �

It’s been eighteen days since the bidding war over 3Par began, and we’re wondering if there’s even an end in sight. 3Par released a statement this morning saying that HP raised its bid again, to $33 per share. That’s an increase from its previously announced offer of $30 per share. This “Superior Proposal” aims to woo 3Par as far away from Dell’s initial acquisition offering as it can, with the terms of agreement allowing the server company to entertain other offers. That’s exactly what 3Par has been doing, stretching this bidding war out for nearly three weeks. Back in August, John Furrier predicted 3PAR bidding would exceed $2 Billion, and predicted back in May that storage would be the next hot market to watch for merg

The deadline for the 3Par bid is nearing, and speculation is bubbling around whether or not Dell will make a last raise on its bid to acquire the company. HP had started a bidding war for 3Par, when it topped Dell’s initial bid of $18 per share earlier this month. Early predictions have put HP in the lead. The bidding war has been the running tech soap opera drama to play out over the past few weeks, with 3Par seeming to sit quite comfortably in the middle of it all. 3Par’s terms of agreement Dell, the computer manufacturer was allotted three days, beginning Monday, to determine what it’s next move would be. With HP’s latest offer of $2 billion ($30 per share), Dell will have to devote a hefty sum to acquire 3Par. Interesti

Novell’s made a joint announcement with VMware at the VMworld 2010 conference today in San Francisco,  delivering SUSE Linux Enterprise Server features to its wide array of clients.  Novell stopped by TheCUBE to make the announcement, which was streamed live at SiliconANGLE.tv.  This marks the first of several steps the companies will be taking in their expanded partnerships, first announced in June. With the new server solutions, Novell and VMware strive to reduce IT complexity, accelerating customer’s journey towards a fully-virtualized datacenter.  To do so, the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware focuses on its broad application support, boasting nearly 6,000 application certifications.  The partnership will bring the op

Compellent is here at the VMworld 2010 conference, holding a live press conference here at TheCUBE (watch it here). The company is announcing a new virtualized storage system for the VMware-based data center for Heineken Netherlands, providing private cloud computing designed to handle growth, streamlined storage and power usage, and automated data management. The goal for Heineken Netherlands was to find the best route for upgrading its HP EVA storage systems, facing a challenge that several IT departments have. Compellent delivered a solution through its channel partner Intel Access B.V., presenting its Fluid Data storage and server architecture. “Enterprises are making strategic choices to deploy game-changing technologies, and C

Fuion-io had an impressive demonstration at VMworld 2010 this year, running more than 500 virtual desktops on a single VMware vSphere server. The new, flash-based memory tier is called ioMemory, and it’s bringing new standards to the world of virtualization performance in desktop and server environments. The ioMemory technology was also demoed across a fully redundant, shareable, 10GbE iSCSI network, showcasing what customers can expect from Fusion-io moving forward. I stopped by the booth before the conference started, and learned that the server was streaming tens of thousands of DVD-quality movies, among other media, as well. The ioMemory technology streamlines transactional data input/output, increasing capex and lowering

VMware, made headlines at VM World 2010, as the company announced the acquisition of Integrien and TriCipher in their keynotes presentation. VMware, a well established global company, provides services in the fields of Virtualization and Cloud Infrastructure. Integrien provides performance analytics software for infrastructure and real-time applications, while TriCipher provides security services via a unified authentication infrastructure focused on SaaS applications. This news brings with it anticipation to what features and benefits this will bring for VMware customer base. Integrien: Simplifying Performance Management and Improving Operational Efficiency "Today's IT organizations are under pressure to increase service levels and build

BlueArc and Permabit Technology have announced a new partnership today, enabling BlueArc to expand its deduplication offerings. The deal revolves around a long-term OEM partnership, with BlueArc utilizing Permabit’s Albireo technology specifically for its deduplication capabilities. BlueArc will embed the Albireo technology into its own upcoming solutions, focusing on a few key areas: * High performance – Albireo provides the fastest data deduplication technology, critical for BlueArc’s high-performance storage systems. * Scalability – Albireo can scale to multiple petabytes of storage capacity, meeting the requirements of even the largest BlueArc customers. * Zero impact on performance – Albireo operates ent

Another interesting revelation from the VMworld 2010 Conference: HyTrust Cloud Control. With cloud computing adoption on the rise and numerous services cropping up across the landscape, different mechanisms for taking control and keeping control will become extremely important. HyTrust expects to enhance this with HyTrust Cloud Control as an integration solution with VMware vCloud Director. Coupled with VMware vCloud Director, the policy-based control and granular per-organization audit capability enabled by HyTrust Cloud Control provides customers the ability to confidently incorporate a cloud-based service model into their IT strategy and extend from private cloud to hybrid cloud without compromising security, control and compliance. Hy

Atlantis Computing, a provider of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure storage and performance optimization, is launching its VDI Solution Partner Program today. This comes through a new partnership with VMware Premier and Citrix Platinum Solution Partners, offering a more complete solution for enterprise clients. The announcement comes on the first day of VMworld, where we're hosting live coverage from The CUBE. "We are working with a lot of customers that are in the process of planning VDI deployments and see that IT organizations are finding it challenging to build a compelling business case for VDI compared to physical PCs," said Peter Castaldi, Principal and Co-Founder of Kovarus Technology Solutions. “If we can lower the cost