Hitachi’s late de-dupe deal

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Years later, Hitachi Data Systems follows the competition with a de-duplication acquisition of its own, buying longtime partner Sepaton. Prior to yesterday’s announcement, there hadn’t been a purchase of a de-dupe company in nearly four years.

Almost all of HDS’s hardware rivals – including EMC, IBM and HP – already have strong plays in the data-protection software space. For backup and recovery, HDS primarily relies on its reseller partnership with CommVault. We expect HDS to eventually integrate Sepaton’s technology with its HDIM software, which is the result of its purchase of data-protection vendor Cofio. In addition, we anticipate tight integration of Sepaton’s platforms with HDS’s primary storage systems and software.

Past de-dupe deals

Date announced Acquirer Target Deal value August 14, 2014 Hitachi Data Systems Sepaton Not disclosed December 20, 2011 Imation Nine Technology $2.5m July 19, 2010 Dell Ocarina Networks Click for estimate June 1, 2009 EMC Data Domain $2.35bn April 18, 2008 IBM Diligent Technologies Click for estimate

Source: The 451 M&A KnowledgeBase

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