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items tagged with Mergers & Acquisitions

BEA falls to Oracle
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2008-01-16 17:05:49
Oracle has reached a definitive agreement to acquire middleware specialist BEA.


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VMware to buy Thinstall to streamline application provisioning
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2008-01-15 13:37:36
Virtualisation software specialist, VMware is to acquire Thinstall, a privately-held application virtualisation software company to expand its desktop virtualisation capabilities. It has also acquired services-related assets from Foedus, a provider of virtualisation technologies and services.
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Asia Netcom + Pacific Internet = Pacnet
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Telecoms

2008-01-08 00:52:10
Recently merged telecoms providers Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet will operate under the Pacnet brand.


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NetApp to acquire Onaro
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2008-01-06 21:42:50
Storage management software vendor Onaro is set to become part of NetApp.


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IBM buys XIV storage company
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2008-01-02 16:37:53
IBM has acquired XIV, a privately-held Israel-based storage company for an undisclosed sum.


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Google gets DoubleClick go-ahead from FTC
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-20 19:24:07
Another regulatory obstacle to Google's proposed acquisition of DoubleClick has been overcome, with the US Federal Trade Commission giving its approval for the transaction.

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China takes control of Iomega
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-13 22:08:30
Removable storage vendor Iomega may have acquired ExcelStor, but the price was the transfer of a controlling interest to Chinese computer maker Great Wall Technology.


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Multimap plots a route with Microsoft
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-12 14:58:01
Microsoft has acquired Multimap, a UK-based mapping and location-based services provider.


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Leading Solutions, ComputerCORP merge
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-10 18:10:36
IT infrastructure services and business solutions providers Leading Solutions and ComputerCORP have agreed a merger.


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Hostworks set to join Macquarie family
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-09 18:40:39
Service provider Hostworks is set to become a subsidiary of Broadcast Australia, itself part of the Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group.


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Grisoft acquires web defence vendor
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-12-04 23:57:06
AVG developer Grisoft is to acquire Exploit Prevention Labs and its technology for protecting against drive-by downloads.


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Rich pickings for S Central
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-11-13 00:32:39
Infrastructure services company S Central has acquired Rich Computing in its sixth takeover in less than a year, and its management says there's more to come.


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Microsoft plans Musiwave acquisition
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-11-12 19:02:08
Microsoft has announced its intention to acquire mobile music services company Musiwave from its current parent Openwave.


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Symantec seeks value from Vontu
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-11-06 00:23:25
Symantec plans to acquire Vontu and its technologies for the policy-based prevention of data leakage.


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Fujitsu absorbs financial services specialist
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-11-04 17:29:56
Fujitsu has acquired financial services specialist Chartres Business Solutions in order to extend its consulting services capability in that sector.


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Cisco to buy WIMAX leader Navini Networks
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-23 08:22:41
Cisco has to date stood aside from WiMAX but within days of the ITU accepting the technology as an international standard    has moved to snap up leading WiMAX technology company, Navini Networks for $US330 million in cash.


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Fone Zone's Next Byte: swallows Frequency Communications
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-23 01:20:32
Next Byte, the Apple dealer chain recently acquired  by mobile phone retail group, Fone Zone (ASX: FZN), has acquired Sydney-based Apple specialist, Frequency Communications.


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Citrix completes XenSource acquisition
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-22 19:33:40
Citrix has completed its $US500 million acquisition of XenSource, the company founded by the original developers of the open source Zen virtualisation software.


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BMC buys Emprisa Networks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-08 20:09:50
Enterprise management vendor BMC Software has acquired Emprisa Networks.


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Nokia splashes $US8.1 billion for location services leadership
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-10-01 07:48:35
Nokia is to acquire location based services market leader, Navteq, for approximately  $US8.1 billion in cash; a move that it claims will make it a leading global player in the fast growing location based services market.


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