Dell acquisitions have transformed our company from a reseller of storage to a leader in delivering its own storage intellectual property.

FORBES: Dell Ventures Announces $60 Million Fund For Storage Startups

Dell is focused on the development and acquisition of storage intellectual property that delivers productivity and efficiency gains for highly-virtualized data centers.

FORBES: Dell Sees Dollar Signs In Storage

Leases normally give the energy producers the right to build pipelines across property, or set up storage facilities, with these elements being negotiated separately.

FORBES: Shale Leases: Promised Land

Updating investors on its acquisition strategy on the earnings call, Dell mentioned that its significant investments to develop and acquire industry-leading intellectual property in systems management, storage, security and networking have been paying off.

FORBES: Dell's Transformation Takes Stock Above $20

Major REITs including Simon Property Group ( SPG), Public Storage ( PSA) and Vornado ( VNO) trade at much higher valuations, based on PE ratio.

FORBES: Connect

Some favored blue-chip REIT selections include Kimco Realty ( KIM), Realty Income ( O), National Retail Properties ( NNN), Public Storage ( PSA), Tanger Factory Outlets ( SKT), Simon Property Group ( SPG), Taubman Centers ( TCO), Federal Realty ( FRT), Prologis Inc. ( PLD) and Ventas Inc. ( VTR).

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This is the home of the Patent Records Office, 4, 600 square meters of storage space hewn out of solid rock, the last repository of America's intellectual property.

FORBES: The smother of invention

Among the largest underlying components of VNQ, in trading today Simon Property Group, Inc. ( NYSE: SPG) is trading flat, Public Storage ( NYSE: PSA) is up about 1%, and HCP, Inc. ( NYSE: HCP) is up by about 0.8%.

FORBES: VNQ, SPG, PSA, HCP: ETF Inflow Alert