Compellent on Dell’s Intent to Acquire 3Par

Compellent Technologies, Inc. provided the following statements regarding the announcement Dell Inc. made that it intends to acquire 3PAR Inc. for $1.15 billion.

Phil Soran, Chairman and CEO of Compellent, said: "This news is validation of the increasing importance of efficient data storage for virtualization and cloud computing environments. However, traditional IT vendors have not provided the storage innovation required for simple and fluid architectures. As these legacy vendors introduce new point products or acquire technology to fill a hole in their portfolio, they present CIOs with an unsettling and expensive prospect. When their data storage needs outgrow a particular storage solution, end users will be forced to ‘rip and replace’ to scale up. For more agile, best-of breed storage vendors like Compellent, this means that our value proposition becomes even stronger, as organizations consider the very real cost benefits of Compellent’s Fluid Data storage platform which will scale over time as data and business needs change.”

Patrick Mulvee, Vice President, Sidepath, Inc., a technology solution provider and Compellent channel partner based in Irvine, CA, said: "Compellent has been the fore-runner in innovative automated information life-cycle management. We are excited to see that larger storage vendors are seeing tremendous value with this technology/capability as demonstrated by Dell’s announcement of the intent to acquire 3Par. Automated tiered storage is moving from a ‘nice-to-have’ feature to a ‘must-have’ feature. With our experience in offering a storage-centric solution like Compellent, we have been able to provide a system that’s nimble, integrated with the leading technology platforms, and complete with innovative features, thus providing significant business value to our customers."