HPE, in a surprise move, has paid $275 million to acquire former Silicon Valley giant SGI. This equates to $7.75 per share, a premium of 30% over what SGI shares were trading at by close on August 10. What are the reasons for this acquisition?
Tom Howarth is an IT Veteran of over 20 years experience and is the owner of PlanetVM.Net Ltd, Tom is a moderator of the VMware Communities forum. He is a contributing author on VMware vSphere(TM) and Virtual Infrastructure Security: Securing ESX and the Virtual Environment, and the forthcoming vSphere a Quick Guide. He regularly does huge virtualization projects for enterprises in the U.K. and elsewhere in EMEA. Tom was Elected vExpert for 2008 and each subsequent year thereafter.
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