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Dell to Acquire Leading SaaS E-Mail Continuity, Compliance and Archiving Company MessageOne

By Brad Jenkins

Round Rock, Texas, February 12, 2008, Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MessageOne, Inc., an industry leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enabled enterprise-class e-mail business continuity, compliance, archiving and disaster recovery services. The acquisition, for approximately $155 million in cash, has been approved by the board of directors of each company and is subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.

MessageOne?s suite of services helps eliminate the downtime and complexity associated with managing, archiving, e-discovery, and long-term storage of e-mail.

?This is a valuable acquisition for Dell. MessageOne?s offerings add key capabilities to our growing SaaS-enabled services portfolio for the most critical application to businesses of any size ? e-mail,? said Steve Schuckenbrock, president, Dell Global Services, and chief information officer. ?MessageOne?s services not only meet the needs of large companies ? with an impressive roster of existing Fortune-500 customers and marquee partners as proof points ? but can also scale down cost effectively to meet the needs of small and medium business customers.?

A leader in the industry, MessageOne brings to Dell world-class technology and talent that will broaden Dell?s configurable services offerings. The company plans to make MessageOne offerings available after close to both direct customers and channel partners.

Full post as published by Litigation support industry business news and information on February 29, 2008 (boomark / email).