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Events on Monday 12 October 2015 1
2015Dell announces $67 billion EMC acquisitionDell announces its intention to acquire EMC Corporation for $67 billion on 12 October 2015 — the largest technology acquisition in history. The deal gives Dell EMC's storage business and its 81% stake in VMware, the virtualisation software leader. Michael Dell and Silver Lake must arrange $49.5 billion in debt financing — the largest leveraged buyout in history.