EMC acquisition: Is it a good deal for Dell?

Will Garside ponders the prospective partnership, and the potential for the channel
The expected $67bn purchase of #EMC (NYSE:EMC) by #Dell is potentially the biggest IT deal ever with far reaching consequences for partners and rivals.

Although still not finalised, the deal would create a company with an estimated 170,000 staff, combined revenues of possibly $80bn and a channel community of roughly 140,000 partners. There is a lot of conjecture in even these numbers due to the private nature of Dell, the status of the various EMC businesses and the speculation on how Dell will digest EMC over what will likely be a multi-year reorganisation process.

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