Deals
Hewlett-Packard Ending Deal With Pre-IPO Violin Memory
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Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to end a deal to resell high-end storage computers from Violin Memory Inc., in a potential blow to the company as it prepares for an initial public offering.
Hewlett-Packard, which supplies server computers, data storage devices and networking equipment to businesses, has been reselling Violin’s solid-state storage machines, which can quickly crunch large amounts of data, working with Hewlett-Packard’s servers. Hewlett-Packard is discontinuing the partnership in favor of its own 3PAR storage devices.