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THE PLANNED ACQUISITION o Software vendor Ibrix Inc. by Palo Alto-based Hewlett Packard Co. is likely move to bolster its Storagewprks offerings with scale-out storage, especially in an economic climate where offerings storage needs aren't slowing down, said one analyst.
The news of the a rt of a general trend towards consolidation in the rastructure space, where the current economic downturn affects smaller companies with innovative offerings and allows larger companies with cash to benefit from the situation, said John Sloan, senior research analyst with London, Ont.based Info-Tech Research Group Ltd.
"Storage is one area that tends to have some kind of growth...