We’ve watched the IT industry transform itself in the last few decades, moving from the idea of having everything fully integrated to a more best-of-breed “a la carte” style of computing solutions.

Dell on Friday said it acquired AppAssure, a developer of data protection software for physical and virtual server and cloud environments. With the acquisition, Dell gets its first data protection ...

In a push to become a software player, Dell won a bidding war for Quest Software as it aims to bolster its data center software. The final price tag: $28 a share, or $2.4 billion. Dell had been ...

John Swainson, head of Dell's software unit, has a tall order: Convince the business technology masses that his company is about more than hardware and scale his division. That challenge is one faced ...

SAN FRANCISCO --As Dell continues to rebrand itself as more than just a PC company, the software unit has unveiled plans that focus on four key areas: security, systems management, business ...

Dell will sell its software division to private equity firm Francisco Partners and the private equity arm of activist hedge fund Elliott Management, reportedly for more than $2 billion. The agreement ...