This list of Dell ownership activities delineates mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and stakes of Dell , a subsidiary of Dell Technologies after merging with the EMC Corporation, which is now Dell EMC .
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Acquisitions and mergers
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Date
Company
Industry
Country
Transaction value
References
1
September 8, 1999
ConvergeNet Technologies
Data storage
United States
$340,688,000
[ 1]
2
September 30, 1999
NetSage
Software
United States
$10,000,000
[ 2]
3
May 31, 2002
Plural [ 3]
IT services provider
United States
—
[ 4]
4
May 8, 2006
Alienware
Computer desktops
United States
—
[ 5]
5
November 14, 2006
ACS
Information technology
United Kingdom
—
[ 6]
6
July 18, 2007
SilverBack Technologies, Inc.[ note 1]
Network monitoring
United States
—
[ 7]
7
November 12, 2007
ASAP Software Express[ note 2]
Information technology
United States
$340,000,000
[ 8]
8
December 20, 2007
Everdream
Software
United States
—
[ 9]
9
January 28, 2008
EqualLogic
Storage area networks
United States
$1.4×10 ^ 9
[ 10]
10
February 21, 2008
The Networked Storage Company
Information provider
United Kingdom
—
[ 11]
11
April 24, 2008
MessageOne
Office software management
United States
$155,000,000
[ 12]
12
September 21, 2009
Perot Systems
IT services provider
United States
$3.9×10 ^ 9
[ 13]
13
February 11, 2010
KACE Networks
Appliance-based systems management provider
United States
—
[ 14]
14
February 19, 2010
Exanet
OEM NAS software provider
Israel
$12,000,000
[ 15]
15
July 1, 2010
Scalent
Data center management vendor
United States
—
[ 16]
16
July 30, 2010
Ocarina Networks
Storage deduplication vendor
United States
—
[ 17]
17
November 2, 2010
Boomi
Cloud integration vendor
United States
—
[ 18] [ 19]
18
December 13, 2010
Compellent
Storage systems manufacturer
United States
$960,000,000
[ 20]
19
January 4, 2011
SecureWorks
Security services
United States
$612,000,000
[ 21]
20
June 21, 2011
RNA Networks
Software networking
United States
undisclosed
[ 22]
21
July 20, 2011
Force10
Data center Ethernet switches
United States
$700,000,000
[ 23]
22
April 5, 2012
Make Technologies
Services modernization
United States
undisclosed
[ 24]
23
April 3, 2012
Clerity Systems
Services modernization
United States
undisclosed
[ 25]
24
April 2, 2012
Wyse Technology
Cloud technology
United States
undisclosed
[ 26]
25
April 2012
SonicWALL, Inc.
Software security
United States
undisclosed
[ 27]
26
April 2012
AppAssure
Software security
United States
undisclosed
[ 28]
27
July 2, 2012
Quest Software
Systems management and security software
United States
$2.4×10 ^ 9
[ 29]
28
November 16, 2012
Gale Technologies
Infrastructure automation solutions
United States
undisclosed
References
29
May 6, 2013
Enstratius, formerly enStratus Networks
Cloud management software
United States
$3,500,000
[ 30]
30
March 24, 2014
StatSoft
Statistical software and services
United States
undisclosed
[ 31]
31
October 12, 2015
EMC²
Storage, virtualization, services, cloud, data center, security and compliance
United States
$67,000,000,000[ 32]
[ 33] [ 34]
32
January 23, 2023
Cloudify
Cloud management and Orchestration Software as a service
United States
$100,000,000
[ 35] [ 36]
33
August 11, 2023
Moogsoft
AI powered DevOps and ITOps
United States
undisclosed
[ 37]
Date
Acquirer
Target company
Target business
Acquirer country
Value (USD )
References
October 9, 2000
Finali
NetSage
Help software
United States
—
[ 42]
October 16, 2008
Stream Global Services
Contact Centre-San Salvador
Manufacturing
United States
—
[ 43]
November 2, 2016
NTT Data
Dell Services/Perot Systems
IT service provider
Japan
3,100,000,000
^ Dell Inc. acquired SilverBack Technologies, Inc. .
^ ASAP Software Express was acquired from Corporate Express.
^ Dell acquired a 4.9% interest in NaviSite.
^ "Dell Computer Corp acquires ConvergeNet Technologies Inc (1999/09/08)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Computer Corp acquires NetSage (1999/09/30)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Buys Services Company Plural (2002/05/31)" . eWeek . Retrieved 2010-07-10 .
^ "Dell Computer Corp acquires Plural Inc (2002/05/31)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires Alienware Corp (2006/05/08)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires ACS (UK) Ltd (2006/11/14)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires SilverBack Technologies" . Dell Inc. Retrieved 2009-08-29 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires ASAP Software Express Inc from Corporate Express Inc (2007/11/12)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires Everdream Corp (2007/12/20)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires EqualLogic Inc (2008/01/28)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires The Networked Storage Company (2008/02/21)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Inc acquires MessageOne Inc (2008/04/24)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ Lance Whitney (September 21, 2009). "Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion" . CNET news. Retrieved August 9, 2011 .
^ Andrew Nusca (February 11, 2010). "Dell acquires Kace for systems management" . CNET news . Retrieved August 9, 2011 .
^ "Dell Scoops up Exanet After All (2010/02/08)" . Gestalt IT. Retrieved 2010-02-08 .
^ "Dell Signs Agreement To Acquire Scalent (2010/07/01)" . dell.com . Archived from the original on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2010-07-01 .
^ "Dell Acquires Storage Deduplication Vendor Ocarina Networks (2010/07/20)" . channelinsider.com. Retrieved 2010-07-20 .
^ "Dell to Acquire Boomi; Adds Industry's No. 1 Integration Cloud Solution to SaaS Capabilities" . dell.com . Retrieved 2010-11-02 .
^ "Dell Cloud Computing Spending Spree Nears $2 Billion" . crn. April 6, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-23 .
^ "Dell seals Compellent acquisition" . statesman.com . Retrieved 2010-12-13 .
^ Joe Panettieri (April 5, 2011). "Dell Paid $612 Million for SecureWorks Cloud Acquisition" . Talkin’ Cloud . Retrieved September 23, 2011 .
^ "Dell snaps up RNA Networks" . Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ Serena Saitto (July 20, 2011). "Dell Is Said to Pass Over Brocade Before Acquiring Force10" . bloomberg . Retrieved September 23, 2011 .
^ "Dell Acquires Make Technologies" . Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ "Dell Acquires Clerity Systems" . Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ "Dell Acquires Wyse Technologies" . Content.dell.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ "Dell Acquires SonicWall" . Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ "Dell Acquires AppSure" . Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ "Dell Acquires Quest Software" . Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30 .
^ "Dell acquires Enstratius" . Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2013-05-16 .
^ "Dell Acquires StatSoft to Bolster Portfolio of Big Data Solutions" . dell.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2014-03-25 .
^ Goldman, David. "Dell EMC agree to merge in biggest tech deal ever" . CNNMoney . Retrieved 2015-10-22 .
^ "Press Release: Michael S. Dell, MSD Partners and Silver Lake Lead Transaction to Combine Dell and EMC, Creating Premier End-to-End Technology Company" . www.emc.com . Retrieved 2015-10-22 .
^ "Dell and EMC: Why, and What It Means - Reflections" . Reflections . Retrieved 2015-10-22 .
^ "Dell has acquired cloud orchestration startup Cloudify" .
^ "Dell S-8 filing with SEC on January 25, 2023" .
^ "Dell acquires venture-backed AIOps startup Moogsoft" .
^ "Dell Computer Corp acquires a minority stake in NaviSite Inc from CMGI Inc (1999/06/08)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Computer Corp acquires a minority stake in Com2001.com (1999/07/21)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Computer Corp acquires a minority stake in Fast Search & Transfer ASA (2000/01/31)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Dell Computer KK acquires a minority stake in Netyear Group Corp (2000/06/16)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Finali Corp acquires NetSage Corp from Dell Inc (2000/10/09)" . Thomson Financial . Retrieved 2008-10-27 .
^ "Stream Global Services buys Dell contact center - El Salvador" . Business News Americas . October 16, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2011 .