5,300 Irish staff in Dell and EMC mega deal

Computer maker Dell has clinched a record $67bn (€59bn) technology deal to buy data storage company EMC.

The deal will unite two mature companies which employ more than 5,000 people in Ireland and create an enterprise technology powerhouse.

The acquisition will help Dell in its move to diversify from a stagnant personal-computer market and give it greater scale in the more profitable and faster-growing market for managing and storing data.