acquisition

Endeca Buy Boosts Oracle’s Big Data Management

Oracle plans to acquire Endeca Technologies to improve its access to unstructured and Big Data

13 years ago

Microsoft Completes Skype Acquisition

Microsoft is the new owner of popular VoIP service Skype, after the acquisition was official closed

13 years ago

IBM Targets HPC With Platform Computing Buy

IBM is to acquire the Canadian clustering, grid and HPC software provider Platform Computing

13 years ago

Rumours Swirl Of Microsoft Bid For Yahoo

Microsoft plans to acquire Yahoo, claims Reuters. No such plans, counters Bloomberg. Who’s right?

13 years ago

HP Seals The Deal On Autonomy Acquisition

HP has completed its £6.7bn acquisition of UK firm Autonomy, following approval by shareholders

13 years ago

Oracle And Autonomy Trade Barbs Over HP Buyout

Oracle says Autonomy "shopped" itself around before HP bought it, but does this reflect worse on Autonomy or Oracle, asks…

13 years ago

Google-Motorola Deal Faces Further DoJ Scrunity

The US Justice Department has asked Google for more information relating to its bid to acquire Motorola

13 years ago

Google Was Desperate To Buy Motorola Mobility

Documents chronicling the Google/ Motorola deal reveal the desperation with which Google pursued the purchase, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Broadcom Snaps Up NetLogic For £2.4bn

Broadcom has paid £2.4bn in cash to acquire embedded processor specialist NetLogic

13 years ago

Google Acquisition Finds A Place For Zagat

Google has bought Zagat for an undisclosed sum, marking a new expansion into local business reviews

13 years ago

Motorola’s Patents Are No Big Win For Google

Motorola's patents might come in handy, but they won't stop rivals from attacking Google and Android in court, says Clint…

13 years ago

Social CRM Targeted For Growth In 2012

Acquisition seems to be the rule to adding social CRM tools to the options for the corporate brand armoury

13 years ago

US Operator Mulls Further Investment In WiMax Player

American mobile operator Sprint is reportedly mulling an acquisition of WiMax service provider Clearwire

13 years ago

Google Has Protected Motorola Against DoJ Scrutiny

A block on Google's Motorola purchase by the US Justice Department or the EC will net Motorola $2.5 billion

13 years ago

HP’s Autonomy Buy Marks Decisive Software Shift

HP's acquisition of British software firm Autonomy indicates a redirection towards cloud and software services, says Chris Preimsberger

13 years ago

HP Drops webOS, Spins PC Business, Buys Autonomy

Against a dire financial backdrop, HP kills mobile unit, plots spinning-off its PCs and buys UK's Autonomy

13 years ago

F5 Networks Buys Assets From Bankrupt Crescendo

F5 is bolstering its cloud portfolio after acquiring certain assets from bankrupt rival Crescendo

13 years ago

Microsoft Mulled Motorola Purchase For Android Strike

Google was not the only company interested in acquiring Motorola, apparently Microsoft was also prowling

13 years ago

Google To Buy Motorola Mobility For £7.7bn

Google has announced it will buy mobile phone manufacturer Motorola in a deal worth $12.5 billion

13 years ago

Citrix Buys RingCube For Virtual Desktop Technologies

RingCube controls security and file access to authorise various mobile devices to access a VDI system

13 years ago

HTC Looks To Mobile Cloud With Dashwire

HTC is jumping aboard the mobile cloud drive with the purchase of synching specialist Dashwire

13 years ago

Polycom Closes HP Visual Collaboration Acquisition

Polycom has completed its acquisition of HP's visual collaboration business and signs a webOS deal

13 years ago

Oracle Makes CRM Play With InQuira Acquisition

Oracle is bolstering its CRM portfolio by buying Inquira, to help it take on Salesforce.com and Microsoft

13 years ago

Acer Makes Cloud Move With iGware Acquisition

Acer is aiming to move beyond being a simple PC shifter, with the news it is acquiring iGware

13 years ago

Google And Apple Fight For InterDigital Patents

Google is trying to acquire mobile and network patents owned by InterDigital, but Apple stands in its way

13 years ago

Intel Bids To Buy Ethernet Chip Maker Fulcrum

Intel is expanding its networking portfolio by acquiring Fulcrum, a maker of high-speed switch chips

13 years ago

Adobe Buys EchoSign For Electronic Signatures

Adobe has made a strategic acquisition with the purchase of electronic signature specialist EchoSign

13 years ago

Compuware Bolsters APM With £160m dynaTrace Buy

Compuware has bolstered its application performance management credentials by acquiring dynaTrace

13 years ago

Dell Plots Midmarket Expansion With £624m Fund

Dell is setting aside £624m to expand its reach into the midmarket via acquisitions and investments

13 years ago

Oracle Acquires Struggling Storage Player Pillar Data

Larry Ellison's Oracle is buying Larry Ellison's storage outfit, namely Pillar Data Systems

13 years ago