items tagged with Acquisitions
Sun cuts global workforce by 10 percent
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-21 06:40:56
Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2009-10-21 06:40:56
Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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SMS says acquisition will add $13 million in revenue
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-10-05 02:22:33
SMS Management & Technology has acquired specialist systems integration provider, Aipex, in a deal which SMS said today will add over $13 million in revenue and in excess of one million dollars in net profit after tax in the first year.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-10-05 02:22:33
SMS Management & Technology has acquired specialist systems integration provider, Aipex, in a deal which SMS said today will add over $13 million in revenue and in excess of one million dollars in net profit after tax in the first year.
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Apple shines as PC industry fights way back from decline
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 23:56:30
Amidst a decline in revenues afflicting the PC market in the economic downturn, only Apple amongst all the vendors managed some growth in the first quarter of this year, thanks to triple-digit growth in revenue from sales of its iPhone.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 23:56:30
Amidst a decline in revenues afflicting the PC market in the economic downturn, only Apple amongst all the vendors managed some growth in the first quarter of this year, thanks to triple-digit growth in revenue from sales of its iPhone.
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WatchGuard acquisition, ANZ sales up
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 23:04:20
Network security vendor, WatchGuard Technologies, has acquired Canadian email and web security company, BorderWare to strengthen its position in the security market.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-08-04 23:04:20
Network security vendor, WatchGuard Technologies, has acquired Canadian email and web security company, BorderWare to strengthen its position in the security market.
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Apple game console by 2013, says analyst
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-16 18:40:27
Apple will add games to the Apple TV in 2012 or 2013, an analyst has predicted.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-07-16 18:40:27
Apple will add games to the Apple TV in 2012 or 2013, an analyst has predicted.
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Purchase-to-pay vendor buys into Australia
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-06 06:55:28
Finnish purchase-to-pay solutions provider, Basware, has acquired Australian-based TAG Services, its Australian/New Zealand distributor, for $2.25 million.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-07-06 06:55:28
Finnish purchase-to-pay solutions provider, Basware, has acquired Australian-based TAG Services, its Australian/New Zealand distributor, for $2.25 million.
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NZ’s Certus acquires Aust. IBM services company
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-06-09 07:13:01
IBM software services company, New Zealand-based Certus Solutions, has acquired Australian company Eos Solutions to form what it claims is the largest specialist IBM software service and support company across the region.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2009-06-09 07:13:01
IBM software services company, New Zealand-based Certus Solutions, has acquired Australian company Eos Solutions to form what it claims is the largest specialist IBM software service and support company across the region.
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Objective’s Limehouse acquisition pays off with contract win
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-06-02 05:01:14
The recent acquisition of Limehouse Software by Australian-listed Objective Corporation has paid off with the software vendor securing a four-year procurement agreement with the UK Central Office of Information (COI).
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-06-02 05:01:14
The recent acquisition of Limehouse Software by Australian-listed Objective Corporation has paid off with the software vendor securing a four-year procurement agreement with the UK Central Office of Information (COI).
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Twitter not for sale - but here's how it could make money
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-05-07 03:03:54
Speculation that Apple or another major player is preparing to acquire Twitter has been crushed, at least for now. But I do have an idea about how the company could start making money.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-05-07 03:03:54
Speculation that Apple or another major player is preparing to acquire Twitter has been crushed, at least for now. But I do have an idea about how the company could start making money.
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Open Text to acquire Vignette for US$310m
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-05-06 21:57:45
ECM vendor, Open Text, is to acquire Texas-based web software vendor, Vignette, in a $310 million deal which will see Vignette become a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-05-06 21:57:45
ECM vendor, Open Text, is to acquire Texas-based web software vendor, Vignette, in a $310 million deal which will see Vignette become a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text.
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Is Apple buying Twitter for $700 million?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-05-05 16:46:01
Twitter is the hottest Internet social networking property right now. Apple has a ton of spare cash. So are the rumours true, can Apple really be about to buy Twitter for US $700 million?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-05-05 16:46:01
Twitter is the hottest Internet social networking property right now. Apple has a ton of spare cash. So are the rumours true, can Apple really be about to buy Twitter for US $700 million?
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FIRB approval seals Fujitsu’s Kaz acquisition
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-05-03 00:42:47
Fujitsu’s acquisition of Telstra’s troubled Kaz group has finally been sealed with the Foreign Investment and Review Board(FIRB) approval of the deal.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-05-03 00:42:47
Fujitsu’s acquisition of Telstra’s troubled Kaz group has finally been sealed with the Foreign Investment and Review Board(FIRB) approval of the deal.
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Fujitsu broadens SAP offering with acquisition
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-26 22:40:15
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-26 22:40:15
Looking to increase its presence in the SAP market, Fujitsu has acquired the Australian and South-East Asian operations of SAP enterprise solutions and services company, Supply Chain Consulting.
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Oracle to layoff more than 10,000 Sun staff: analysts
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 20:33:41
The US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corp will result in layoffs of between 10,000 and 15,000 staff in the first two years, according to industry analysts. In so doing Oracle will accomplish what Sun didn't have the stomach for and save billions of dollars each year they say.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 20:33:41
The US$7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corp will result in layoffs of between 10,000 and 15,000 staff in the first two years, according to industry analysts. In so doing Oracle will accomplish what Sun didn't have the stomach for and save billions of dollars each year they say.
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Oracle vertically integrates paying $7.4B for Sun
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 09:05:35
In what is being viewed as a move to vertically integrate its business, business software giant Oracle has agreed to buy struggling servers hardware vendor Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion cash. The deal should come as welcome to Sun jusr two weeks after acquisition talks with IBM broke down.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-20 09:05:35
In what is being viewed as a move to vertically integrate its business, business software giant Oracle has agreed to buy struggling servers hardware vendor Sun Microsystems for US$7.4 billion cash. The deal should come as welcome to Sun jusr two weeks after acquisition talks with IBM broke down.
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eBay sells StumbleUpon back to founders
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-13 18:29:33
eBay seems to have started a new 'acquisitions buy-back' auction category as StumbleUpon is sold and Skype could be next.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-13 18:29:33
eBay seems to have started a new 'acquisitions buy-back' auction category as StumbleUpon is sold and Skype could be next.
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A billion dollar discount on Skype?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-12 14:53:06
When the founders of Skype sold it to eBay for a total in excess of US $3 billion everyone thought it was the deal of the decade. Now it seems that might be yet to come if they can buy it back with a billion dollar discount.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-12 14:53:06
When the founders of Skype sold it to eBay for a total in excess of US $3 billion everyone thought it was the deal of the decade. Now it seems that might be yet to come if they can buy it back with a billion dollar discount.
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Western Digital enters solid state drive market with acquisition
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-02 05:20:05
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-02 05:20:05
Hard drive vendor Western Digital (WD) has pushed into the solid state storage market with a US$65 million acquisition of California based solid state drives maker SiliconSystems.
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Linux beware: Microsoft acquires Novell, become UNIX copyright owner
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-31 08:51:30
In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell's intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE. (APRIL FOOL JOKE!!)
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2009-03-31 08:51:30
In a shock announcement, Microsoft has today taken majority ownership of software house Novell. This immediately gives the Redmond giant control of Novell's intellectual property assets including the legal copyright over UNIX. Already Red Hat and Canonical (Ubuntu) have expressed their expectation Microsoft will aggressively seek to eradicate all distributions save for Microsoft Linux Vista, formerly SUSE. (APRIL FOOL JOKE!!)
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Online identity expert loses control of NSFW R-rated online pics
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-22 07:05:52
It's a classic faux pas; someone puts their personal raunchy photos online and then finds they've spread beyond the limited audience for which they were intended. This wouldn't ordinarily be news - except this time it happened to someone who makes a living from telling others how to manage their online identity.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-03-22 07:05:52
It's a classic faux pas; someone puts their personal raunchy photos online and then finds they've spread beyond the limited audience for which they were intended. This wouldn't ordinarily be news - except this time it happened to someone who makes a living from telling others how to manage their online identity.
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