Dell Technologies acquired MessageOne, Inc. for ~$164 million (plus ~$10 million retention), a transaction completed in April 2008, structured as all cash.
MessageOne, Inc. operates in Email management & SaaS archiving, is based in Austin, Texas, USA. Dell acquired MessageOne, a provider of software-as-a-service email continuity, archiving and compliance, for about $164 million in cash plus roughly $10 million for management retention. It was the largest of Dell's Fiscal 2009 acquisitions and expanded Dell's on-demand services. (Approximate close date; the FY2009 10-K groups it among Fiscal 2009 acquisitions.)
Dell positioned MessageOne as extending its Global Services organization with on-demand email management capabilities.
Integrated into Dell's Global Services organization.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.