This afternoon we finally got the email announcing that the Sun–StorageTek deal had officially closed. I’ve been waiting anxiously for this moment, because for the last month or two I’ve been a member of the Integration Team, working on various aspects of the deal. I’m having an absolute blast, working with some really great people and learning about some incredibly cool technologies*, but I haven’t been able to blog about any of it! All of that changes now, and I plan to post a number of pieces about what I’ve been up to and what this deal is all about.
And those of you that have been through M&A** events will know that the pre-close activity is only the beginning: the real work starts tomorrow, Day One. It’s going to be fun – even if it does mean spending more time at Denver airport and relying on the “high-speed Internet” and “complimentary breakfast buffet” in certain medium-stay hotels near Broomfield, CO.
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* all strictly within the legal guidelines, naturally!
** merger and acquisition