With the spinoff of its Software Group earlier this week, Dell divested itself of a significant portion of its security assets. The question now is, what is to become of the rest of Dell’s security portfolio, and its addition of RSA as part of its pending acquisition of EMC?
Dell said Monday that it had agreed to sell its software division to private equity firm Francisco Partners and the private equity arm of activist hedge fund Elliott Management for $2.4 billion. The division includes some of its major security lines, such as Quest Software and SonicWall.
