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Bain Capital Partners to buy 3Com
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-09-28 22:50:57
Global private investment firm, Bain Capital Partners, is to acquire 3Com Corporation for approximately $US2.2 billion in cash, with 3Com's former joint venture partner, Huawei, taking an unspecified minority stake to become a strategic partner.


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XPmediacentre.com.au founder speaks on ReelTime deal
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle

Category: New Services

2007-09-28 08:46:45
XPmediacentre.com.au founder Mike Hancock has reassured the forum's 40,000 members the site's acquisition by online video provider ReelTime will not impact on the forum's independence.

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Activision acquires Bizarre Creations
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-09-26 17:24:05
The consolidation of game studios continues with Activision's acquisition of Bizarre Creations, the company behind the Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars franchises.


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VMware acquires automation software developer
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-09-12 00:02:25
VMware has acquired Dunes Technologies, a developer of process orchestration software for virtual environments.


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Microsoft buying group chat developer
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-08-30 16:17:16
Microsoft has agreed to acquire Parlano, the developer of enterprise group chat application MindAlign.


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Compuware closes development centres
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Vendors

2007-08-30 00:46:00
Compuware is disbanding its Sydney-based development team and moving responsibility for Vantage Service Manager to its Detroit headquarters.


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Merged Acer-Gateway will be number three PC vendor
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-08-28 01:56:42
Taiwan-based Acer has agreed to acquire Gateway, the fourth-largest PC vendor in the US.


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Citrix to acquire XenSource
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-08-15 18:37:22
Citrix has announced it will acquire XenSource in a $US500 million deal.


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Telstra sells Kaz BPO to Fuji Xerox
Written By: Ian Grayson
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2007-07-31 23:09:02
Telstra has taken the knife to its wholly owned IT services arm Kaz, slicing off its business process outsourcing division and selling it to Fuji Xerox Global Services (FXGS) for an undisclosed sum.

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Google picks up voice unification provider
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-07-03 15:52:30
What's Google acquired this week? GrandCentral Communications, a company that integrates multiple voice numbers and mailboxes into one.


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CS Mobile to buy AAPT's stand-alone postpaid mobile customers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-06-18 19:04:42
CS Mobile Pty Ltd, a 50:50 Joint Venture between CommodiTel Limited (ASX: CMO) and Sonnet Corporation Limited (ASX: SNN), is to acquire the stand-alone (ie their services are not part of service 'bundles') postpaid mobile customer base of AAPT, whose services are provided on the Vodafone network.



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IBM buys Telelogic to boost software development tools
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-06-11 22:45:10
IBM is to buy Telelogic, a Swedish developer of software development tools, for approximately $US745 million in cash.


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IBM buys Watchfire to boost security expertise
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Information technology news

Category: Software

2007-06-11 00:55:30
IBM is to boost the security capabilities of is Rational software business with the acquisition of privately-held security and compliance testing software company Watchfire Corporation.


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Avaya board recommends $8.2 billion buyout
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-06-05 03:27:10
The anticipated acquisition of Avaya is set to go ahead, with Silver Lake and TPG Capital as the joint suitors.

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Flextronics to buy rival electronics maker Solectron
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-06-04 20:18:08
Singapore-based electronics equipment maker, Flextronics, is to acquire its Californian rival Solectron, for $US3.6 billion to create what it says will be "the most diversified and premier global provider of advanced design and vertically integrated electronics manufacturing services."

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Google acquires FeedBurner
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-06-03 18:30:36
Google continues to swallow up smaller companies at an amazing rate with its acquisition of media distribution and audience engagement services company FeedBurner.


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Will Google and Salesforce bring on the Gooforce?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2007-06-03 00:04:00
Google and Salesforce.com are looking to use the force in a partnership due to be announced on Tuesday, rumored to offer a better online CRM experience before an eventual buyout.


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Google goes shopping, buys photo website
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-05-30 21:21:59
Google has agreed to purchase Panoramio, a community photo website based in Spain.


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Google grabs malware blocker
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-05-29 19:02:55
Security software provider GreenBorder has been acquired by Google, according to a terse message on the company's website: "GreenBorder Technologies, Inc. has been acquired by Google, Inc. We will continue to support our existing customers through the end of their current subscriptions."


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MySpace may pick up Photobucket
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions

2007-05-08 00:26:37
Social networking site MySpace is set to acquire photo and video sharing service Photobucket according to US reports.


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