Dell is planning the biggest, boringest tech merger ever

Two diminished, limping giants from the early days of the computing industry may soon merge in an effort to build something resembling a technology powerhouse with a chance, however small, of thriving— or at least surviving — in the 21st century Dell, the once formidable PC maker that cowered away from the public markets in 2013, is said to be in advanced talks to buy EMC, the $50 billion corporation that makes cloud computing and big data tools, according to multiple reports this week. The ...