Dell Technologies acquired Compellent Technologies, Inc. for ~$960 million (approximately $800 million net of cash; $27.75 per share), a transaction completed in February 2011, structured as all cash ($27.75 per share).
Compellent Technologies, Inc. operates in Enterprise storage (fluid/tiered storage), is based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA. Dell acquired Compellent Technologies, a provider of virtualized, automated-tiering storage for enterprise and cloud environments, at $27.75 per share (about $960 million equity value). Compellent's Fluid Data automated-tiering technology extended Dell's storage lineup upmarket after EqualLogic. (Approximate close date; the FY2012 10-K discloses only that it closed in Fiscal 2012.)
Dell said Compellent's focus on intelligently managing data to increase efficiency, agility and resiliency matched Dell's approach of building solutions that scale to demanding enterprise environments.
Integrated into Dell's enterprise storage portfolio (Dell Compellent Storage Center); one of the FY2012 acquisitions totaling ~$2.7 billion.
Compellent's design focus on intelligently managing data to increase efficiency, agility and resiliency is consistent with Dell's approach of building solutions that can quickly scale to meet the most demanding enterprise environments.Dell executive commentary, Compellent acquisition press release (Ex-99.1 to the December 13, 2010 Form 8-K)
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.