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by Stephen Withers
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Despite withdrawing its bid for Yahoo! in terms that suggested it was walking away completely, Microsoft continues to circle its prey. But the acquisition remains off the table, what's the next step?
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by Stan Beer
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In a move that pits Hewlett-Packard against IBM in a struggle for leadership of the massive IT services market, HP has acquired EDS for US$13.9 billion. The acquisition will more than double HP's services revenue of $16.6 billion in 2007, with the combined revenues of both companies for that period totalling $38 billion. The acquisition deal will be closed in the second half of 2008.
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by Stephen Withers
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The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has chosen Cisco for a major overhaul of its voice and data network.
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by Stephen Withers
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VeriSign is selling its digital brand management services (DBMS) business to Melbourne IT for $US50 million.
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by Stephen Withers
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ASG Group has won a contract to provide managed services to a federal government department.
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by Stephen Withers
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People Telecom has acquired the assets and customer base of hosted IP provider ValueNet.
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by Stephen Withers
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IBM has purchased InfoDyne, a company specialising in software capable of handling high-volume data feeds with minimal latency to cope with situations such as financial markets.
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by Stephen Withers
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FrontRange Solutions, perhaps best known for its Heat and GoldMine help desk and CRM software, has acquired asset management and security specialist Centennial Software.
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by Stephen Withers
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Cray - the company once practically synonymous with supercomputers - is hitching up with Intel.
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by Stephen Withers
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St George Bank has signed a fresh contract with Optus for the supply of communications services.
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by Stephen Withers
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Apple has acquired semiconductor design firm PA Semi.
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by Stephen Withers
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The Yahoo! takeover story has shifted up a gear with reports that the company is trying to negotiate a tie-up with AOL, while Microsoft may bring News Corp in on its increasingly hostile bid for Yahoo!.
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by Stephen Withers
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The Yahoo! board has again rebuffed Microsoft's acquisition proposal.
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by Stephen Withers
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Microsoft has given the Yahoo! board three weeks to negotiate a merger agreement or face a proxy battle.
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by Stephen Withers
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IBM's $US845 million acquisition of Telelogic has been completed, following acceptance by the owners of almost 97 percent of the company's stock and approval by the various regulatory authorities.
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by Stan Beer
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Troubled junior telco Commander Communications (ASX:CDR) is to sell call centre solutions provider Nexon Asia Pacific back to its founders for what amounts to $2.6 million less than what it paid for it 12 months ago. The sale is being touted as a non- core asset divestment in line with the company's turnaround plan.
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by Stephen Withers
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Electronic Arts and Microsoft subsidiary Massive have extended their deal that puts dynamic advertising into video games.
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by Stephen Withers
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Microsoft is set to add yield management provider Rapt to its digital advertising stable.
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