After weeks of tug of war, NetApp must concede defeat as EMC strikes a $2.1 billion deal to buy Data Domain. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He ...

The move (and the subsequent statements by EMC and NetApp Monday in which they reiterated the benefits of their bids) emphasizes the importance the two rivals place on acquiring Data Domain, the ...

De-duplication, also called "de-dupe," removes duplicate information as data is backed up or archived. It can be done on the file level, where duplicate files are replaced with a marker pointing to ...

NetApp announced it would increase its previous $1.5 billion offer to buy Data Domain to $1.9 billion in order to beat out EMC, which bid $1.8 billion for the data de-duplication vendor. NetApp Inc.

BOSTON (Reuters) - EMC Corp won the bidding war for specialty data storage technology company Data Domain Inc on Wednesday as rival NetApp Inc pulled out, saying it would not match EMC's $2.4 billion ...

Storage vendor Data Domain has agreed to be acquired by EMC for US$33.50 per share, ending a bidding war that had pitted EMC against NetApp. Data Domain said Wednesday it has signed a definitive ...

Storage vendor Data Domain has agreed to be acquired by EMC for US$33.50 per share, ending a bidding war that had pitted EMC against NetApp. Data Domain said Wednesday it has signed a definitive ...