Dell Considering Selling RSA: Report
Dell Technologies is considering the possible sale of its RSA security division, hoping such a deal could be worth $1 billion, according to Bloomberg, which cites "people familiar with the matter."
The Bloomberg report notes, however, that sources say Dell executives are only considering the idea of selling RSA and that no deal is in the works.
Dell acquired RSA in 2016 as part of its purchase of EMC for $67 billion. As part of that deal, Dell also acquired VMware, which specializes in virtualization and hybrid cloud technologies, and Pivotal, which creates tools for cloud-native application development. EMC, which is best known for storage products, acquired RSA in 2006 for about $2.1 billion. A Dell spokesperson declined to comment on the Bloomberg report.
