<P> In July 2018, Dell announced intentions to become a publicly - traded company again by paying $21.7 billion in both cash and stock to buy back shares from its stake in VMware . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Company Acquired </Th> <Th> Date of Acquisition </Th> <Th> Company Notes </Th> <Th> References </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alienware </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Manufacturer of high - end PCs popular with gamers </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> EqualLogic </Td> <Td> January 28, 2008 </Td> <Td> Acquired to gain a foothold in the iSCSI storage market . Because Dell already had an efficient manufacturing process, integrating EqualLogic's products into the company drove manufacturing prices down </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Perot Systems </Td> <Td> 2009 </Td> <Td> Perot Systems was a technology services and outsourcing company, mainly active in the health - sector, founded by former presidential hopeful H. Ross Perot . The acquired business provided Dell with applications development, systems integration, and strategic consulting services through its operations in the U.S. and 10 other countries . In addition, the acquisition of Perot brought a variety of business process outsourcing services, including claims processing and call center operations . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> KACE Networks </Td> <Td> February 10, 2010 </Td> <Td> KACE Networks was a leader in Systems Management Appliances . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Boomi </Td> <Td> November 2, 2010 </Td> <Td> Cloud Integration Leader </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Compellent </Td> <Td> February 2011 </Td> <Td> The acquisition extended Dell's storage solution portfolio . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Force10 networks </Td> <Td> August 2011 </Td> <Td> By acquiring this company Dell now has the full Intellectual property for their networking portfolio, which was lacking on the Dell PowerConnect range as these products are powered by Broadcom or Marvell IM . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> AppAssure Software </Td> <Td> February 24, 2012 </Td> <Td> Dell acquired the backup and disaster recovery software solution provider out of Reston, VA . AppAssure delivered 194 percent revenue growth in 2011 and over 3500% growth in the prior three years . AppAssure supported physical servers and VMware, Hyper - V and XenServer . The deal represents the first acquisition since Dell formed its software division under former CA CEO John Swainson . Dell added that it will keep AppAssure's 230 employees and invest in the company . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> SonicWall </Td> <Td> May 9, 2012 </Td> <Td> A company with 130 patents, SonicWall develops security products, and is a network and data security provider . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wyse </Td> <Td> April 2, 2012 </Td> <Td> A global market - leader for thin client systems . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Clerity Solutions </Td> <Td> April 3, 2012 </Td> <Td> Clerity, a company offering services for application (re) hosting, was formed in 1994 and has it headquarters in Chicago . At the time of the take - over approximately 70 people were working for the company . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Quest Software </Td> <Td> September 28, 2012 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gale Technologies </Td> <Td> November 16, 2012 </Td> <Td> A provider of Infrastructure Automation Products . Gale Technologies was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Credant Technologies </Td> <Td> December 18, 2012 </Td> <Td> A provider of storage protection solutions . Credant is the 19th acquisition in four years, as Dell had spent $13 billion on acquisitions since 2008 and $5 billion in the past year alone . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> StatSoft </Td> <Td> March 24, 2014 </Td> <Td> A global provider of analytics software, in order to bolster its Big Data solutions offering . </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Company Acquired </Th> <Th> Date of Acquisition </Th> <Th> Company Notes </Th> <Th> References </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Alienware </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> <Td> Manufacturer of high - end PCs popular with gamers </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

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