AMD has bought rising star SeaMicro for its low-power-consumption, small footprint microservers for private or hybrid cloud systems
LinkedIn has acquired Gmail contact management service Rapportive for an undisclosed amount
Attacks against web applications are a growing threat that Juniper hopes to challenge with its Mykonos purchase
Motorola accused by Microsoft and Apple of abusing FRAND patents in Europe
Rackspace has acquired a SharePoint specialist in order to give a better service to its enterprise customers
Norwegian browser maker Opera Software is purchasing advertising firms in both the US and the UK
Taleo is the latest step in Oracle's long-term strategy to build up its cloud service provision, says Chris Preimesberger
IBM plans to buy Worklight, a maker of mobile app development and management software, to bolster its enterprise mobile strategy
Huawei has completed its acquisition of UK photonics researcher CIP as an investment in green fibre-optic technologies
IBM Rational has announced a move to acquire Green Hat, a maker of cloud-based software testing products
Salesforce.com has responded to SAP's bid for SuccessFactors with the cheaper acquisition of Rypple
Emptoris automates the complex buying, bidding and accounting process for enterprise procurement teams
Hard to swallow but Apple could be about to acquire flash memory hardware maker Anobit
Blue Coat Systems has been brought out by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for a cool £829m
HP is to bolster its web printing capabilities with the acquisition of privately held Hiflex Software
Nokia Siemens is selling its WiMax business to NewNet, making it a larger player in the mobile space
Marc Andreessen has been seen visiting Yahoo and speculation now tips him as the next chairman
Both telcos say the merger is on but AT&T is paying T-Mobile $4 billion for a missed deadline. Wayne Rash…
AT&T's troubled takeover of T-Mobile has left the operator facing a $4bn (£2.6bn) accounting charge
Microsoft has signed an NDA agreement which suggests it may be after Yahoo again
Motorola Mobility shareholders have given their blessing to being acquired by search giant Google
Salesforce acquires mobile, social cloud specialist to bolster itself against Oracle, SAP and other rivals
Amazon could be looking to bolster its Kindle device with the acquisition of speech specialist Yap
Motorola is axing 800 jobs and closing down facilities as it prepares for its acquisition by Google
Google has acquired an impressive 57 companies so far in 2011, with three months still remaining
LSI is bolstering its SSD credentials with the purchase of Flash-storage specialist SandForce
Google is mulling the possibility of challenging Microsoft's bid for troubled search company Yahoo
Cisco is to enhance its Videoscape comms platform after announcing a deal to acquire BNI Video