acquisition

British Server Cabinet Maker Kell Joins APC

A British provider of innovative soundproof server cabinets for offices has become part of APC

13 years ago

Google Acquires SageTV To Beef Up Google TV

Google has acquired media management software maker SageTV to bolster its Google TV service

13 years ago

Skype Culls Management Ahead Of Microsoft Deal

A number of top level executives have been handed their marching orders at popular VoIP provider Skype

13 years ago

Cable & Wireless Mulls Services Move With 2e2 Buy

Cable & Wireless Worldwide is reportedly in talks to acquire British system integrator 2e2

13 years ago

Google Buys Social Media Analytics Provider

PostRank will give Google a tool for cutting through the social media noise and tracking discussions

13 years ago

Print Manage Focus For HP And Xerox Acquisitions

Xerox buys a UK company and HP stalks in the US to expand their respective managed print services

14 years ago

Twitter Finally Buys TweetDeck For £25M

Twitter has snapped up TweetDeck amid criticism of the microblogging site from Sir Tim Berners-Lee

14 years ago

Virtual Desktop Provider Kaviza Eyed By Citrix

Citrix plans to buy strategic partner Kaviza, maker of VDI-in-a-Box, for its virtualised tablet capabilities

14 years ago

Attachmate Divides To Integrate Novell Acquisition

Four divisions will house Attachmate's products and those gained through its purchase of Novell

14 years ago

VMware Buys Cloud Management Tools Vendor

VMware has acquired Shavlik, which provides software for managing IT systems when moving them to the cloud

14 years ago

Microsoft And Skype Could Be A Match Made in Heaven

Despite early suggestions that it was a blunder, Microsoft's acquisition of Skype may be a brilliant move, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

Is Microsoft’s Skype Deal Too Big To Handle?

Microsoft's acquisition of Skype will give it access to a 170 million-strong user base. But did Microsoft overpay, asks Nicholas…

14 years ago

Confirmed: Microsoft Buys Skype For £5bn

Skype will go to Microsoft for a price of around $13 per registered user, the company has confirmed

14 years ago

Why Microsoft Might Regret Buying Skype

Microsoft doesn't need to buy Skype to reap the benefits of its service, says Peter Judge. Could this end up…

14 years ago

Microsoft Rumoured To Buy Skype For $7.5bn

Microsoft is said to be close to a deal to buy VoIP service Skype, in what would be its biggest-ever…

14 years ago

Microsoft-RIM Buyout: Messy, Problematic, Costly

Microsoft acquiring RIM rumours rear-up periodically but raise too many questions to address in real-world terms, says Nicholas Kolakowski

14 years ago

VMware Buys Online Presentations Specialist

SlideRocket's SaaS-based presentation service adds to VMware's growing catalogue of cloud applications

14 years ago

RIM Beefs Up Calender Services With Tungle Buy

RIM has acquired calender application maker Tungle in its latest effort to combat Android and iOS

14 years ago

Twitter In Talks To Buy Tweetdeck

Twitter is said to be close to buying British Twitter client Tweetdeck

14 years ago

Vodafone Exits France As It Offloads SFR Stake

Vodafone has ended its French stalemate by selling off its minority stake in SFR for £7 billion

14 years ago

Facebook Snaps Up Mobile App Startup

Social network reportedly pays $70m to optimise apps beyond smartphones

14 years ago

AT&T To Aquire T-Mobile USA For $39bn

AT&T will become the US' largest carrier if its $39 cash and stock deal to acquire T-Mobile USA is approved…

14 years ago

NetApp Acquires LSI’s Storage Division For £297M

NetApp has joined the rush to buy into the "big data" storage market by netting LSI's Eugenio storage business

14 years ago

Teradata Buys Aster For ‘Big Data’ Credentials

Teradata has digged deep to acquire Aster Data Systems to improve its big data analytical capabilities

14 years ago

Google Acquires Security Specialist Zynamics

Google has acquired German security specialist Zynamics for its software analysis tools

14 years ago

Intel Officially Completes McAfee Acquisition

McAfee is to retain its own branding, but will become a wholly owned subsidiary of chip giant Intel

14 years ago

Twitter Boss Dismisses Acquisition Talk

The boss of Twitter has dismissed reports that Google and Facebook are seeking acquire the microblog service

14 years ago

MWC: Motorola Xoom Set For Q2 Arrival In Europe

Motorola has confirmed that its Xoom tablet will be available in Europe during the summer

14 years ago

No Tweets From Twitter About Acquisition Rumour

Both Google and Facebook allegedly discussing buying Twitter to gain the 200 million social comms user base

14 years ago

Intel’s McAfee Deal Gets Conditional EU Approval

European approval is conditional on Intel keeping promises to ensure fair play against McAfee rivals

14 years ago