Well this was bound to happen sooner or later, the only question left was who would be picking up Lefthand. Well HP it is! And it’ not really surprising after Dell picked up Equallogic.
HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LeftHand Networks Inc., a leading provider of storage virtualization and iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions.
LeftHand Networks’ solutions enable midsize companies and remote offices or branches of large corporations to easily and cost-effectively protect critical business data. HP has agreed to purchase LeftHand Networks for $360 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments. Lefthand’s news release, HP’s news release.
I really liked Lefthands appliances and hope this will remain when they are incorporated into HP’s line of products!
Craig says
I beleive the MSA2012i is already a rebranded LeftHand SAN.
Justin says
Actually, Lefthand Networks rebrands an HP DL320 as their NSM 2120. The HP DL320 seems to also be the basis for the MSA2012i.