NEW YORK: Dell Computer Corp. plans to resell computer-storage hardware and
software made by EMC Corp., renewing a sales and development relationship that
was canceled abruptly two years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported in its
online edition on Tuesday.
Dell and EMC are expected to announce the partnership as early as Wednesday,
the article said. The two companies aren't expected to disclose financial terms,
but people familiar with the matter say Dell will resell and cooperate on
development of EMC's Clarion storage systems.
A spokesmen for Dell, of Austin, Texas, declined to comment, the newspaper
said.
The pairing of the two fierce rivals comes as Dell has struggled to stitch
together its own storage-technology acquisitions and investments, and EMC, of
Hopkinton, Mass., has seen its market position undermined by new alliances, the
paper said.
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