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Onaro now part of NetApp

by Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
! NetApp's acquisition of storage software vendor Onaro has gone through in double-quick time. Related stories Giant HP/EDS merger one step closer: a $13.9 billion story Symantec swallows promising Australian security middleweight HP to acquire Colubris Yahoo! accuses Microsoft and Icahn of sabotage Microsoft, Yahoo! circling AOL for acquisition Originally slated for completion by the end of March, the deal announced on January 3 has already been finalised. The addition of Onaro's software to NetApp's lineup will provide customers with the ability to plan and manage storage capacity and service levels in multi-vendor environment, company officials said. When the acquisition was first announced, NetApp's executive vice president of product operations Tom Georgens said policy-based storage management software would allow those responsible for data centre management to commit to the service levels required by their businesses. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Data centres Mergers Acquisitions Stephen Withers Storage Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now