HP ups midrange storage with LeftHand acquisition | | 2008-10-08 | | | Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement to buy storage virtualization and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) specialists, LeftHand Networks Inc.The $360 million deal which is expected to be closed in January will fill a midmarket gap in HP’s iSCSI storage area network products. The purchase comes as a response to Dell’s acquisition of LeftHand rival EqualLogic earlier this year.HP will add LeftHand’s SAN software and its Network Storage Modules to its StorageWorks line as well as its small business orientated All-in-One, Enterprise Virtual Arrays and Modular Smart Arrays. LeftHand software is already certified on HP hardware and software, including ProLiant servers, BladeSystem infrastructure, ProCurve Networking, and Insight Control management software. “Customers need a faster, less complex and more economical route to storage networking to better protect their critical business data,” said Dave Roberson, senior vice president and general manager, StorageWorks Division, HP. “The acquisition of LeftHand Networks significantly expands our storage portfolio, enabling HP to deliver customers an expanded suite of storage functionality, scalable capacity and interconnect options for every budget and performance requirement. With our strong channel and leading position in the industry-standard server market, we are ideally positioned to deliver this technology to customers worldwide.” | |
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