HP moves to top Dell's offer for 3PAR
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August 24, 2010, Tuesday
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HEWLETT-PACKARD Co launched a US$1.6 billion bid for data storage company 3PAR Inc yesterday, topping an offer by technology rival Dell Inc.
HP bid US$24 a share for 3PAR, about 33 percent more than Dell planned to pay in a deal announced a week ago. At the time, Dell's bid for 3PAR, which makes storage products that use virtualization technology to allow firm to boost efficiency, marked an 87 percent premium to its share price.
Representatives from 3PAR and Dell were not immediately available for comment on the HP move.
HP, faced with turmoil in its top ranks after CEO Mark Hurd resigned, said its board had approved the bid.
Shares of 3PAR, which was founded in 1999 and posted revenue of US$194 million in its last fiscal year, jumped 37 percent in premarket trading after the HP announcement. Shares of HP slipped 1 percent.
The competing bids for 3PAR come as technology heavyweights like International Business Machines Corp and Oracle Corp have been boosting investment in cloud computing and virtualization technology, hoping to take advantage of corporate demand for services that manage the flow of data and information.
Cloud computing is technology that allows users to access data and software over the Internet and corporate networks.
Because Dell offered such a steep premium for 3PAR, industry analysts had doubted a competing offer would emerge.
HP bid US$24 a share for 3PAR, about 33 percent more than Dell planned to pay in a deal announced a week ago. At the time, Dell's bid for 3PAR, which makes storage products that use virtualization technology to allow firm to boost efficiency, marked an 87 percent premium to its share price.
Representatives from 3PAR and Dell were not immediately available for comment on the HP move.
HP, faced with turmoil in its top ranks after CEO Mark Hurd resigned, said its board had approved the bid.
Shares of 3PAR, which was founded in 1999 and posted revenue of US$194 million in its last fiscal year, jumped 37 percent in premarket trading after the HP announcement. Shares of HP slipped 1 percent.
The competing bids for 3PAR come as technology heavyweights like International Business Machines Corp and Oracle Corp have been boosting investment in cloud computing and virtualization technology, hoping to take advantage of corporate demand for services that manage the flow of data and information.
Cloud computing is technology that allows users to access data and software over the Internet and corporate networks.
Because Dell offered such a steep premium for 3PAR, industry analysts had doubted a competing offer would emerge.
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