EMC is buying ScaleIO and its scalable server-based Elastic Converged Storage (ECS) software.
It said it’s paying cash but not how much although the chatty Israeli business press put the price at between $200 million and $300 million.
The start-up is supposed to strength EMC’s Flash portfolio by combining ScaleIO’s software with PCIe Flash cards, such as EMC’s XtremSF, in enterprise private cloud and Service Provider environments.
The acquisition, when it closes, is bound for EMC’s Flash Product Division where its widgetry will become part of EMC’s XtremSW Suite.