EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has agreed to acquire Pi Corp., a Seattle-based provider of personal information management software. No financial terms were disclosed. The seller is Warburg Pincus, which co-founded Pi Corp. in 2003 with former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz. Martiz will stay with EMC as president and general manager of the company's new Cloud Infrastructure and Services division.
PRESS RELEASE
EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Seattle-based Pi Corporation, a privately-held developer of software and provider of services for personal information management. With approximately 100 engineers located in the
Joe Tucci, EMC President, Chairman and CEO, said, “The proliferation of information in the hands of consumers, businesses and organizations of all sizes has brought about massive digital information growth on a scale never imagined. As the leading provider of information infrastructure, we are positioned to set a new standard for organizing, accessing and deriving value from this information. Pis technology is very complementary to our emerging cloud infrastructure strategy. Paul Maritz and his team will provide invaluable vision and leadership as we position EMC at the leading edge of cloud computing and personal information management.”
Upon completion of the acquisition, Pi founder and CEO Paul Maritz, will join EMCs executive management team as President and General Manager of the newly formed Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division. Reporting to Joe Tucci, Maritz will continue to directly oversee development and operations for Pi, along with other key elements of EMCs cloud computing strategy, which include the EMC Fortress SaaS infrastructure, the Mozy online backup service and other upcoming EMC cloud infrastructure systems and software offerings under development. Pi will operate as an independent subsidiary of EMC and will continue expanding operations in its
Maritz said, “By uniting the Pi team with a global technology leader like EMC, we'll be ideally positioned to realize our vision of allowing consumers and corporate information workers to create, repurpose, store, share and access personal information in novel ways, taking advantage of the ubiquity of computing power and a new interconnected world.”
The acquisition of Pi will be an all-cash transaction and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2008. On a GAAP basis, EMC currently expects the acquisition of Pi will be dilutive by $.01 per diluted share in 2008. No further details of the transaction are being disclosed.
About EMC
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information. Information about EMC's products and services can be found at www.EMC.com.
About Pi Corporation
Pi Corporation is a software company focused on creating better ways for people to organize, share and access their data. It was founded in late 2003 by Paul Maritz, a former Microsoft executive, and Warburg-Pincus of