The SoftLayer is about to be acquired.

A few days ago, three familiar http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/18501.html "> sources said that companies such as IBM and EMC are launching negotiations Plans to buy the database network hosting company SoftLayer at a price of more than 2 billion dollars.

Meanwhile, SoftLayer has hired Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse to take charge of the sale process, the source said. The source also said that SoftLayer's sales plan was initially inspired by its client, At&t, who approached SoftLayer in recent months to seek exclusive negotiations with them. It is alleged, however, that the current at&t is not involved in this procedure.

SoftLayer, At&t, EMC, IBM, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse spokesmen declined to comment on the news.

SoftLayer is currently the world's largest IDC company, the August 2010 successful acquisition of the United States Theplanet Company, the international influence of Japan, its own Dallas, Seattle, Washington, California San Jose and many other data centers, for Chinese users, the California San Jose Data Center, the most favored, Well-known U.S. host Hostease is the data center, so if the above acquisition information to confirm, then the Chinese users will pay high attention.

Hostease host has Chinese-language station http://cn.hostease.com/, Chinese customer service, users in China want to consult can directly contact their official customer service.