EMC calls sudden event to reveal 'New business development'

EMC has given US media less than 24 hours notice of an event at which it will announce a “new business development”. The event will take place at 0930, Eastern Time, an hour after the company announces its Q3 earnings. Bloomberg reports the announcement will be Cisco's departure as an active participant in the VCE joint …

[Anonymous Coward]

No need to dust off the Data General manual... EMC has been building high quality X86 servers for many years now in the form of storage controllers for its VMAX/VNX/Avamar/Data Domain/Isilon platforms.

[JeffyPoooh]

They've also developed a breakthrough in nuclear fusion power systems?

As above.

[PowerMan@thinksis]

They had better think twice about building their own x86 servers. They need volume to offset the R&D. Lenovo has the Supply Chain, cheap labor , other influences. HP is splitting into two businesses separating the PC & Printing business from the Enterprise. Dell went private to get out from the pressure of wall street. IBM sells the x86 business to Lenovo. Cisco's x86 biz appears to be ok - not sure as Cisco itself is also showing some economic strain. Best to find a partner.