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Dell Concedes As HP Wins 3Par Bidding War

Dell has thrown in the towel, after HP upped its bid for utility storage provider 3PAR with all-cash bid of…

14 years ago

Cisco Buys ExtendMedia For Online Video Management

As part of its belief that online video will dominate Internet traffic, Cisco has acquired ExtendMedia to help it manage…

14 years ago

Dell Raises 3PAR Offer To Silence HP

Dell has upped its offer for cloud storage vendor 3PAR by an extra £65 million, which has been accepted by…

14 years ago

HP Strengthens Database Portfolio With Stratavia Buy

HP has not been distracted by 3Par after it revealed that it has acquired database and data centre automation vendor…

14 years ago

Intel/McAfee: It’s Not About PC Anti-Virus

If Intel wanted anti-virus, it would have licensed McAfee. This deal is about something much bigger, says Wayne Rash

14 years ago

HP Opens Bidding War With Dell Over 3PAR

Dell is not the only one after storage company 3Par, after HP threw its hat into the ring and made…

14 years ago

Intel Makes Security Play With McAfee Acquisition

Intel is looking to expand beyond its semiconductor empire after making an offer to buy security vendor McAfee for nearly…

14 years ago

HP Boosts Security With Fortify Acquisition

Despite its recent executive turmoil, HP has announced that it plans to acquire Fortify Software for an undisclosed sum

14 years ago

Surprise Survey Says MySQL And Java Will Prosper At Oracle

Despite widespread concern over Oracle's acquisition of Sun, a survey has actually found renewed interest in Java and faster growth…

14 years ago

Nokia Siemens Eyes Motorola Telecom Unit

Reports are emerging that Nokia Siemens Networks is in talks to acquire the telecom equipment unit of Motorola

14 years ago

Freedom4’s WiMAX Licence Sold For £12.5m

The WiMAX licence held by Freedom4 was sold last week in a deal that leaves PCCW with all the UK's…

14 years ago

IBM Boosts Analytics With Coremetrics Acquisition

IBM continues to strengthen its analytics credentials after agreeing to acquire Coremetrics for an undisclosed sum

14 years ago

Twitter Makes Commercial Move With Analytics Acquisition

Twitter has acquired Smallthought Systems to help the microblog add analytical capabilities for its eventual paid accounts

14 years ago

HP Palm Purchase Gets US FTC Approval

The US Federal Trade Commission has given HP the thumbs up for its billion dollar acquisition of phone maker Palm

14 years ago

VeriSign Sells Authentication Business to Symantec for $1.3bn

Barely a day after the rumours started to fly, Symantec confirms plans to buy VeriSign's identity and authentication security business

15 years ago

Symantec Nearing Deal For VeriSign Security Unit

Symantec is reportedly on the acquisition hunt again, after rumours suggested it may be close to a deal with VeriSign…

15 years ago

Sybase Deal Signals SAP Commitment To In-Memory DB

The acquisition of Sybase by enterprise software giant SAP shows its commitment to its in-memory database technology push

15 years ago

Symantec Buys Encryption Specialists PGP And GuardianEdge

Security giant Symantec is to acquire PGP and GuardianEdge, in recognition of the increasingly important role that encryption plays in…

15 years ago

Twitter Snaps Up SMS Startup Cloudhopper

To add mobile strength, Twitter is buying Cloudhopper which connects its service to mobile carriers

15 years ago

Lenovo Leads Chase For Palm

After a number of possible suitors got cold feet, PC maker Lenovo has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate to…

15 years ago

Is Apple Planning £5.2bn Bid For ARM?

Speculation continues to swirl on London's financial markets that Apple is considering a multi billion takeover of ARM Holdings, the…

15 years ago

Google Buys Startup Founded By Ex-Apple Designers

In a move that could strengthen its alleged tablet rival to the Apple iPad, Google has quietly purchased Agnilux, which…

15 years ago

RIM Acquires Smartphone Software Developer Viigo

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM) has acquired smartphone software developer Viggo for an undisclosed sum

15 years ago

Nortel’s Old VoIP Business To Demo Hosted Solution

Officials with Nortel’s VOIP business, which is in the process of being sold, will demonstrate their Hosted IP Communications solution…

15 years ago

CA Has Head In the Cloud With 3Tera Acquisition

Another CA cloud buy will integrate 3Tera’s AppLogic with other technologies to provide cloud management tools as part of overall…

15 years ago

Novell Confirms Acquisition Offer From Hedge Fund

The software networking company reports that Elliott Associates of New York sent a letter to its board of directors offering…

15 years ago