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Google Voice Boosted With SayNow Acquisition

Google buys SayNow for comms software that adds calling features to Android, iPhone, Facebook and Twitter

14 years ago

Intel-McAfee Deal To Get EU Blessing Next Week

European regulators are reportedly ready to approve the acquisition of McAfee after Intel's concessions

14 years ago

Samsung Looks To E-Readers With Liquavista Purchase

Samsung could be considering a move into the e-reader market after acquiring display specialist Liquavista

14 years ago

Novell: Community Wants OpenSUSE Foundation

The openSUSE Linux version is going to a foundation because users demanded it, says Novell's community manager Jos Poortvliet

14 years ago

SAP Acquires Security As Black Hats Take Aim

As SAP buys into ID management, an event at Black Hat DC will put Web-enabled SAP apps in the line…

14 years ago

Vasco Strengthens Authentication With DigiNotar Buy

Vasco has acquired a Dutch authentication specialist to enter that country's e-government market

14 years ago

Qualcomm Makes £2bn Wi-Fi Move With Atheros Buy

Qualcomm has begun the New Year with a multi billion pound acquisition of Wi-Fi chip maker Atheros

14 years ago

Dell Secures Its Cloud Strategy With SecureWorks Acquisition

Dell will expand its IT-as-a-service cloud portfolio into security with the acquisition of SecureWorks

14 years ago

Cloud Marketer Aprimo Acquired By Teradata

Aprimo provides workflows to integrate data silos, controls budgeting, and deploys multichannel campaigns

14 years ago

Report: Intel McAfee Deal May Face EC Probe

The European Commission has expressed concerns over Intel's $7.68bn deal to acquire McAfee

14 years ago

Rackspace Buys Cloudkick For Cloud Management

Rackspace will use Cloudkick's dashboard to manage multivendor clouds

14 years ago

Dell Clinches Compellent Deal For £605m

Dell has finalised a deal with Compellent to add virtualised data storage and thin provisioning to its line of SAN…

14 years ago

Dell Bids £553m To Buy Compellent Storage Business

Dell and Compellent are working on a merger that would let Dell compete with EMC, HP and IBM

14 years ago

Juniper Buys Altor Networks For Virtual Security

Security vendor Altor Networks has been acquired by Juniper Networks to protect virtual and physical assets

14 years ago

Reports: Groupon Turns Down $6bn Google Buyout Bid

The localised shopping web service Groupon has reportedly turned down a takeover offer of $6bn, possibly due to competition concerns…

14 years ago

RIM Buys UI Specialist For Mobile Push

Research in Motion will take the fight to its rivals after Swedish usability expert The Amazing Tribe

14 years ago

Red Hat Looks To Broaden Cloud Capabilities With Makara Buy

Red Hat has acquired platform-as-a-service vendor Makara for deploying, managing and scaling applications on public, private and hybrid clouds

14 years ago

Apple Buys Former HP Headquarters For £200 Million

Apple has opted to spend some of its colossal cash reserves with the decision to purchase the campus on which…

14 years ago

Oracle Support ‘Too Costly’, Say Customers

The majority of customers believe that Oracle's support charges are too costly, and many think it is only to get…

14 years ago

Blackwave Delivers Internet Video To Juniper

Juniper is buying Blackwave's intellectual property to bulk up its growing Internet video delivery capabilities

14 years ago

Juniper Swings Trapeze Deal For Wireless Networking

Juniper Networks has grown its enterprise WLAN capabilities with the acquisition of Trapeze Networks for $152 million

14 years ago

Broadcom Releases Samples Of Its 100Gb Ethernet Silicon

Broadcom unveiled the BCM88600 chip for 100GbE switches to meet the growing demands of data and video network traffic

14 years ago

Oracle Snaps Up Art Technology Group for £624 Million

Oracle is once again splashing the cash, this time over half a billion pounds for e-commerce software provider Art Technology…

14 years ago

Why Oracle Won’t Buy EMC Anytime Soon

A merger between Oracle and EMC would not simply create a larger Oracle but a conglomeration of some of the…

14 years ago

Google Makes Tablet Play With BlindType Acquisition

Google has snapped up BlindType, whose software makes it easier for users to enter text into Android smartphones and tablets

14 years ago

Analysts Agree That Facebook Should Buy Skype

Facebook would do well to acquire VoIP giant Skype, analysts said, giving the social network's users calling capabilities and helping…

14 years ago

LinkedIn Snaps Up And Then Closes ChoiceVendor

LinkedIn has brought business review site ChoiceVendor and then promptly closed its website‎

14 years ago

Motorola Buys Location-Based Services Company

Aloqa snapped up by Motorola for its location-based services and Google Android compatibility

14 years ago

HP Pays £970m For Security Player ArcSight

Hewlett-Packard continues to splash the cash after announcing plans to buy ArcSight to strengthen its enterprise security credentials

14 years ago

RIM Buys DataViz for Documents To Go

BlackBerry manufacturer RIM has purchased DataViz for a reported figure of $50 million.

14 years ago