List of Dell ownership activities

This list of Dell ownership activities delineates mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and stakes of Dell.

Acquisitions

Dates are generally for announcement; often the deals take months for final approval.

Date	Company	Industry	Country	Transaction Value	References
November 16, 2012	Gale Technologies	Infrastructure Automation Solutions	United States	undisclosed	References
September 8, 1999	ConvergeNet Technologies	Data storage	United States	$340,688,000	[1]
September 30, 1999	NetSage	Software	United States	$10,000,000	[2]
May 31, 2002	Plural [3]	IT Services Provider	United States	—	[4]
May 8, 2006	Alienware	Computer desktops	United States	—	[5]
November 14, 2006	ACS	Information technology	United Kingdom	—	[6]
July 18, 2007	SilverBack Technologies, Inc.[note 1]	Network Monitoring	United States	—	[7]
November 12, 2007	ASAP Software Express[note 2]	Information technology	United States	$340,000,000	[8]
December 20, 2007	Everdream	Software	United States	—	[9]
January 28, 2008	EqualLogic	Storage area networks	United States	$1,400,000,000	[10]
February 21, 2008	The Networked Storage Company	Information provider	United Kingdom	—	[11]
April 24, 2008	MessageOne	Office software management	United States	$155,000,000	[12]
September 21, 2009	Perot Systems	IT Services Provider	United States	$3,900,000,000	[13]
February 11, 2010	KACE Networks	Appliance Based Systems Management Provider	United States	—	[14]
February 19, 2010	Exanet	OEM NAS Software Provider	Israel	$12,000,000	[15]
July 1, 2010	Scalent	Data Center Management Vendor	United States	—	[16]
July 30, 2010	Ocarina Networks	Storage Deduplication Vendor	United States	—	[17]
November 2, 2010	Boomi	Cloud Integration Vendor	United States	—	[18][19]
December 13, 2010	Compellent	Storage Systems Manufacturer	United States	$960,000,000	[20]
January 4, 2011	SecureWorks	Security services	United States	$612,000,000	[21]
June 21, 2011	RNA Networks	Software Networking	United States	undisclosed	[22]
July 20, 2011	Force10	Data center ethernet switches	United States	$700,000,000	[23]
April 5, 2012	Make Technologies	Services Modernization	United States	undisclosed	[24]
April 3, 2012	Clerity Systems	Services Modernization	United States	undisclosed	[25]
April 2, 2012	Wyse Technology	Cloud Technology	United States	undisclosed	[26]
April 2012	SonicWALL, Inc.	Software Security	United States	undisclosed	[27]
April 2012	AppAssure	Software Security	United States	undisclosed	[28]
July 2, 2012	Quest Software	Systems Management and Security Software	United States	$2,400,000,000	[29]
May 6, 2013	Enstratius, formerly enStratus Networks	Cloud Management Software	United States	$3,500,000	[30]
March 24, 2014	StatSoft	Statistical Software and services	United States	undisclosed	[31]
October 12, 2015	EMC²	Storage, Virtualization, Services, Cloud, Data Center, Security & Compliance	United States	$67,000,000,000[32]	[33] [34]

Stakes

Date	Company	Business	Country	Value (USD)	References
June 8, 1999	NaviSite[note 3]	Internet service provider	United States	—	[35]
July 21, 1999	Com2001.com	Internet community software	United States	—	[36]
January 31, 2000	Fast Search & Transfer	Enterprise search	Norway	$25,200,000	[37]
June 16, 2000	Netyear Group	Consulting	Japan	—	[38]

Divestitures

Date	Acquirer	Target company	Target business	Acquirer country	Value (USD)	References
October 9, 2000	Finali	NetSage	Help software	United States	—	[39]
October 16, 2008	Stream Global Services	Contact Centre-San Salvador	Manufacturing	United States	—	[40]

Notes

1. Dell Inc. acquired SilverBack Technologies, Inc. .
2. ASAP Software Express was acquired from Corporate Express.
3. Dell acquired a 4.9% interest in NaviSite.

References

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3. "Dell Buys Services Company Plural (2002/05/31)". eWeek. Retrieved 2010-07-10.
4. "Dell Computer Corp acquires Plural Inc (2002/05/31)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
5. "Dell Inc acquires Alienware Corp (2006/05/08)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
6. "Dell Inc acquires ACS (UK) Ltd (2006/11/14)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
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8. "Dell Inc acquires ASAP Software Express Inc from Corporate Express Inc (2007/11/12)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
9. "Dell Inc acquires Everdream Corp (2007/12/20)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
10. "Dell Inc acquires EqualLogic Inc (2008/01/28)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
11. "Dell Inc acquires The Networked Storage Company (2008/02/21)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
12. "Dell Inc acquires MessageOne Inc (2008/04/24)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
13. Lance Whitney (September 21, 2009). "Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion". CNET news. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
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29. "Dell Acquires Quest Software". Content.dell.com. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
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33. "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.
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36. "Dell Computer Corp acquires a minority stake in Com2001.com (1999/07/21)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
37. "Dell Computer Corp acquires a minority stake in Fast Search & Transfer ASA (2000/01/31)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
38. "Dell Computer KK acquires a minority stake in Netyear Group Corp (2000/06/16)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
39. "Finali Corp acquires NetSage Corp from Dell Inc (2000/10/09)". Thomson Financial. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
40. "Stream Global Services buys Dell contact center - El Salvador". Business News Americas. October 16, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2011.