Trends Report

Brief: Dell Divests Software That Doesn't Fit Its "Quest" To Dominate The BT Agenda

Dell Sells Its Software Group — Here's What It Means for I&O Pros

July 8th, 2016
Glenn O'Donnell, VP, Research Director
Glenn O'Donnell VP, Research Director
With contributors:
Laura Koetzle , Merritt Maxim , Aaron Kinch , Diane Lynch

Summary

As Dell prepares itself to build a new company around its EMC acquisition, it's shedding nearly its entire Dell Software Group. This deal gives infrastructure and operations (I&O) professionals a golden opportunity to streamline their software portfolios to better serve the demands of their firms' customers. In this brief, Forrester answers some of I&O professionals' many questions about what they should do in response to this latest round of technology-industry-plus-private-equity musical chairs.

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