Talk to the hand. Photo: nadi0/Flickr

Dell and EMC have officially divorced. But everyone knew they would.

On Monday, Dell revealed that after ten years of reselling EMC storage hardware, it has parted ways with the Massachusetts-based IT giant. The announcement came a full two years before the end of the companies’ latest pact — but it was still entirely expected.

After acquiring multiple storage vendors over the last few years — including EqualLogic in 2007 and Compellent earlier this year — Dell now has its own stable of storage hardware, and though it continued to sell EMC kit with the EMC na...