EMC focuses acquisition strategy on security
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EMC Corporation (EMC2) is worldwide known as leader in the high-end storage market.
The company acquired several companies, including LEGATO backup solution provider and Rainfinity high-availability solution provider, in the last 5 years from different markets but gained popularity among the masses after acquiring VMware, the leader in server virtualization (if you read my blog virtualization.info you know everything about this story).
After VMware EMC comes back in the security area and buy in rapid succession RSA, leader in token-based authentication, and Network Intelligence, one of the few players in the Security Event Manager (SEM) segment.
Where EMC is going?
At first sight they are building fundamental blocks of security around data they store: availability (Rainfinity), reliability (LEGATO), accessibility (RSA) and auditing (Network Intelligence).
But at the moment there isn't a clear integration plan between acquired technologies. It's evident looking at the announced rearrangement strategy, where RSA maintains its brand name but leads the whole security department, where Network Intelligence becomes a RSA business unit, where no word has been said about destiny of previously acquired security firms.
EMC have to detail how rearrangement will be done exactly and to prove real integration, otherwise will only generate confusion among customers, weakening all brands images and appearing as the new Symantec of Borg.
The company acquired several companies, including LEGATO backup solution provider and Rainfinity high-availability solution provider, in the last 5 years from different markets but gained popularity among the masses after acquiring VMware, the leader in server virtualization (if you read my blog virtualization.info you know everything about this story).
After VMware EMC comes back in the security area and buy in rapid succession RSA, leader in token-based authentication, and Network Intelligence, one of the few players in the Security Event Manager (SEM) segment.
Where EMC is going?
At first sight they are building fundamental blocks of security around data they store: availability (Rainfinity), reliability (LEGATO), accessibility (RSA) and auditing (Network Intelligence).
But at the moment there isn't a clear integration plan between acquired technologies. It's evident looking at the announced rearrangement strategy, where RSA maintains its brand name but leads the whole security department, where Network Intelligence becomes a RSA business unit, where no word has been said about destiny of previously acquired security firms.
EMC have to detail how rearrangement will be done exactly and to prove real integration, otherwise will only generate confusion among customers, weakening all brands images and appearing as the new Symantec of Borg.
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