不看不知道，一看惊一跳。
全球存储行业发展历史上，从1984年到现在，居然存在了超千宗并购交易案。可见，存储行业技术创新发展的过程，也是资本大力支持的过程。
以史为鉴，可以知兴衰。
越是技术创新活跃的时期，资本表现力越是明显。
因此，在存储行业中，资本与技术的双驱动力，成为了推动全球存储向前迈进的重要原力。
全球存储行业历史上
超过10亿美元并购交易排行榜
- 2015: EMC by Dell, $63,000 million
- 2001: Compaq by HP, $25,000 million
- 2018: CA Technologies by Broadcom, $18,900 million
- 2017: Toshiba NAND business by Bain Capital (and partners), $18,000 million
- 2015: SanDisk by Western Digital, $16,000 million
- 2005: Veritas by Symantec, $11,000 million
- 2011: Autonomy by HP, $10,300 million
- 1998: Digital Equipment by Compaq, $9,600 million
- 2015: Veritas (Symantec) by The Carlyle Group and GIC, $7,400 million
- 2009: Sun by Oracle, $7,400 million
- 2013: LSI by Avago Technologies, $6.600 million
- 2017: Cavium by Marvell, $6,000 million
- 2016: Brocade by Broadcom, $5,900 million
- 2011: Hitachi GST by WD, $4,800 million
- 2005: StorageTek by Sun, $4,100 million
- 2000: Sterling Software by CA, $4,000 million
- 2000: Seagate by Suez Acquisition, $4,000 million
- 2006: Agere by LSI, $4,000 million
- 2014: Riverbed by Thoma Bravo, $3,500 million
- 2008: Foundry Networks by Brocade, $2,600 million
- 2012: Elpida by Micron Technology, $2,500 million
- 2012: Quest Software by Dell, $2,400 million
- 2010: 3par by HP, $2,350 million
- 2015: PMC-Sierra by Microsemi, $2,300 million
- 2010: Isilon by EMC, $2,250 million
- 2009: Data Domain by EMC, $2,200 million
- 2006: RSA by EMC, $2,100 million
- 2002: IBM HDD by Hitachi, $2,050 million
- 2000: Cobalt Networks by Sun, $2,000 million
- 2004: Kroll by Marsh & McLennan Companies, $1,900 million
- 2006: Maxtor by Seagate, $1,900 million
- 2000: Ancor Communications by QLogic, $1,700 million
- 2003: Documentum by EMC, $1,700
- 2016: Dell EMC Enterprise Content Division by OpenText, $1,620 million
- 1998: Seagate Software by Veritas, $1,600 million
- 2017: Barracuda Networks by Thoma Bravo, $1,600 million
- 2006: FileNet by IBM, $1,600 million
- 2006: msystems by SanDisk, $1,500 million
- 2007: EqualLogic by Dell, $1,400 million
- 2011: Samsung HDD by Seagate, $1,375 million
- 2000: Quantum HDD by Maxtor, $1,300 million
- 2003: Legato by EMC, $1,300 million
- 2010: Numonyx by Micron, $1,270 million
- 1996: Cheyenne by CA, $1,200 million
- 2010: Division 5 Technology by Max Stiegemeier (GCF), $1,200 million
- 2015: Virtustream by EMC, $1,200 million
- 1999: Data General by EMC, $1,100 million
- 2014: Fusion-io by SanDisk, $1,100 million
- 2017: Nimble Storage by HPE, $1,090 million
- 1995: Conner Peripherals by Seagate, $1,040 million
- 2016: QLogic by Cavium, $1,000 million
这组数据统计来自StorageNewsletter，统计时间最早是1995年一直到2018年。
从统计结果来看，对于2018年已知存储行业并购价格的8个案例，总计并购交易金额为210亿美元，而在2017年总计并购金额为290亿美元。2018年存储行业平均每笔交易为25.98亿美元。2017年大致相同，平均每笔并购交易为26.03亿美元，不过2017年远高于2016年并购总额106亿美元，以及每笔交易7.54亿美元。
此外，自1998年以来到现在，存储行业并购案的平均价格达到6.35亿美元，其中公布了交易价格的541宗并购案累计总额超过3440亿美元。从1984年起到现在全部包括在内共发生了1373宗交易。
作为存储行业的老大哥，EMC自1994年以来，一直是存储行业并购最为疯狂的公司，共收购了79家，在2006年和2007年收购了23家公司，其他收购分别发生在2011年收购1家、2012年和2013年收购3家、2014年收购4家、2015年收购3家。
同时，戴尔共收购了18家公司，其中包括收购EMC。
估计在存储行业未来还会发生在SSD、超融合、软件、云方面的并购，毕竟这些领域的公司相互交错，影响至深，谁也不能置身事外了。
