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IceWEB Management Comments on Merger & Acquisition Activity in the Data Storage Market
STERLING, Va., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- IceWEB(TM), Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB), http://www.iceweb.com, a leading provider of Unified Data Storage and building blocks for cloud storage networks, sees favorable trends in merger and acquisition activity in the data storage market.
John R. Signorello, Chairman and CEO of IceWEB, Inc., commented, "We are seeing some very exciting activity in the data storage market over the past few years. On Monday, December 13, 2010, Dell Inc. confirmed its offer to buy data storage company Compellent Technologies Inc. for nearly $1 billion in an effort to keep pace with rivals Hewlett-Packard Co. and EMC. The offer comes just three months after losing out to HP in a bidding war for storage firm, 3PAR. Dell has agreed to pay $27.75 a share for Compellent.
"EMC's $33.85-a-share cash offer for Isilon, announced by both companies on November 15th, representing a 29 percent premium over Isilon's closing share price on Friday, November 12, 2010. Isilon shares closed Thursday, December 9th at $33.82-a-share.
"HP bought 3PAR for $2.4 billion earlier this year after a heated battle with Dell.
"IBM completed the $1.7 billion acquisition of Netezza Corp last week.
"In 2009, EMC acquired all of the outstanding shares of Data Domain common stock for $33.50 per share in cash.
"In 2008, HP Acquired LeftHand Networks For $360 million. Also in 2008, Dell acquired EqualLogic for $1.4 billion.
"The most attractive acquisition candidates offer something innovative that no other company offers. For example, the software 3PAR offers is designed to maximize available space on data storage hardware -- a cost-cutting step -- by using a technique called 'thin provisioning,' by which extra capacity can be added as needed," concluded Signorello.
In his recent blog, "Is the Storage Industry Consolidated?" George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, Mr. Crump commented that, "In short, the storage industry is far from being 'consolidated,' it is expanding and I believe, at a faster pace than ever. In addition, even when these companies get bought by larger companies they are not really absorbed, but most often set up as standalone business units. The storage industry will not be 'consolidated' anytime soon and likely not ever."
To read the blog mentioning IceWEB in its entirety, please click on the following link:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/12/is_the_storage.html
"The opportunity is ripe for an innovative two-tier channel storage vendor like IceWEB," stated Karl Chen, VP Worldwide Channel Sales and Marketing, IceWEB. "Channel Partners are actively looking for an innovative alternative to tier one vendors and that is where we have positioned the IceWEB family of products."
About IceWEB, Inc.
Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB manufactures and markets data storage products. For more information, please visit http://www.IceWEB.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases you can identify those so-called "forward looking statements" by words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "targets," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue" or the negative of those words and other comparable words. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, product tests, commercialization risks, availability of financing and results of financing efforts that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Further information regarding these and other risks is described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available on its website at: http://www.sec.gov. We assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this release or in any periodic report filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws.
Contact:
IceWEB, Inc.
Investor Relations, 571.287.2400
investor@iceweb.com
or
Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA, 212.370.4500
steve@wolfeaxelrod.com
Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates, LLC.
SOURCE IceWEB, Inc.
IceWEB, Inc.
CONTACT: IceWEB, Inc. Investor Relations, +1-571-287-2400, investor@iceweb.com; or Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA, of Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates, LLC, +1-212-370-4500, steve@wolfeaxelrod.com
Web Site: http://www.iceweb.com
IceWEB Management Comments on Merger & Acquisition Activity in the Data Storage Market
STERLING, Va., Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- IceWEB(TM), Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: IWEB), http://www.iceweb.com, a leading provider of Unified Data Storage and building blocks for cloud storage networks, sees favorable trends in merger and acquisition activity in the data storage market.
John R. Signorello, Chairman and CEO of IceWEB, Inc., commented, "We are seeing some very exciting activity in the data storage market over the past few years. On Monday, December 13, 2010, Dell Inc. confirmed its offer to buy data storage company Compellent Technologies Inc. for nearly $1 billion in an effort to keep pace with rivals Hewlett-Packard Co. and EMC. The offer comes just three months after losing out to HP in a bidding war for storage firm, 3PAR. Dell has agreed to pay $27.75 a share for Compellent.
"EMC's $33.85-a-share cash offer for Isilon, announced by both companies on November 15th, representing a 29 percent premium over Isilon's closing share price on Friday, November 12, 2010. Isilon shares closed Thursday, December 9th at $33.82-a-share.
"HP bought 3PAR for $2.4 billion earlier this year after a heated battle with Dell.
"IBM completed the $1.7 billion acquisition of Netezza Corp last week.
"In 2009, EMC acquired all of the outstanding shares of Data Domain common stock for $33.50 per share in cash.
"In 2008, HP Acquired LeftHand Networks For $360 million. Also in 2008, Dell acquired EqualLogic for $1.4 billion.
"The most attractive acquisition candidates offer something innovative that no other company offers. For example, the software 3PAR offers is designed to maximize available space on data storage hardware -- a cost-cutting step -- by using a technique called 'thin provisioning,' by which extra capacity can be added as needed," concluded Signorello.
In his recent blog, "Is the Storage Industry Consolidated?" George Crump, lead analyst for Storage Switzerland, Mr. Crump commented that, "In short, the storage industry is far from being 'consolidated,' it is expanding and I believe, at a faster pace than ever. In addition, even when these companies get bought by larger companies they are not really absorbed, but most often set up as standalone business units. The storage industry will not be 'consolidated' anytime soon and likely not ever."
To read the blog mentioning IceWEB in its entirety, please click on the following link:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2010/12/is_the_storage.html
"The opportunity is ripe for an innovative two-tier channel storage vendor like IceWEB," stated Karl Chen, VP Worldwide Channel Sales and Marketing, IceWEB. "Channel Partners are actively looking for an innovative alternative to tier one vendors and that is where we have positioned the IceWEB family of products."
About IceWEB, Inc.
Headquartered just outside of Washington, D.C., IceWEB manufactures and markets data storage products. For more information, please visit http://www.IceWEB.com.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases you can identify those so-called "forward looking statements" by words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "targets," "believes," "anticipates," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," or "continue" or the negative of those words and other comparable words. These forward looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, product tests, commercialization risks, availability of financing and results of financing efforts that could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated. Further information regarding these and other risks is described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, which are available on its website at: http://www.sec.gov. We assume no obligation to update or alter our forward-looking statements made in this release or in any periodic report filed by us under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other document, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by applicable federal securities laws.
Contact:
IceWEB, Inc.
Investor Relations, 571.287.2400
investor@iceweb.com
or
Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA, 212.370.4500
steve@wolfeaxelrod.com
Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates, LLC.
SOURCE IceWEB, Inc.
IceWEB, Inc.
CONTACT: IceWEB, Inc. Investor Relations, +1-571-287-2400, investor@iceweb.com; or Stephen D. Axelrod, CFA, of Wolfe Axelrod Weinberger Associates, LLC, +1-212-370-4500, steve@wolfeaxelrod.com
Web Site: http://www.iceweb.com