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SAP Beefs Up Travel With Concur Purchase
SAP dips deep into its pockets to acquire expense software maker Concur for $8.3 billion (£5bn)
Rackspace Names New Boss After Takeover Refusal
Rackspace rebuffs takeover offers and ends 'strategic review'. It also appoints a new CEO
Cognizant Buys TriZetto To Bolster Healthcare
Cognizant acquires TriZetto in an effort to expand and grow its healthcare operation
Microsoft In Talks To Buy Minecraft Firm
Redmond could be about to spend a large amount of money to acquire the firm behind the Minecraft game
Amazon Acquires Twitch For Nearly $1bn
The deal for Twitch, which allows people to watch streaming gameplay, is one of Amazon's biggest to date
Facebook Tightens Security With PrivateCore Purchase
The social network is beefing up the securtity of its servers with the purchase of a US software start-up
BlackBerry Buys Secusmart – The Firm That NSA-Proofed Merkel’s Phone
Secusmart secured Angela Merkel's BlackBerry against NSA snooping. Now BlackBerry wants to offer that more widely
Twitter Adds MadBits Image Search, Reports Growth
Twitter acquires an image search startup, and reports encouraging financial results
Juniper Sells Junos Pulse Security Unit For £147m
Juniper is to offload its Junos Pulse mobile security business as part of a wide-ranging restructure
IBM Fails To Offload Semiconductor Biz – Report
IBM and Globalfoundries walk away from a deal for IBM's semiconductor unit, after a disagreement over price
Oracle To Snap Up Micros Systems For £2.9bn – Report
Oracle poised to announce its largest acquisition since it purchased Sun Microsystems back in 2009
Apple Gets Its Groove On With Beats Purchase
Apple is to pay $3bn (£1.8bn) for the maker of the popular Beats headphones and other audio equipment
Atos To Acquire Fellow French Outfit Bull
Keeping it in the French family, IT services giant Atos is to acquire compatriot Bull
Cisco Seeks To Up Anti-Malware Game With ThreatGRID Bid
Cisco wants to get better at blocking zero-day threats
IBM Bolsters Marketing Automation With Silverpop Purchase
IBM adds personalised customer engagement solutions to its portfolio thanks to the acquisition of Silverpop
Lenovo IBM Server Deal Faces US Security Probe
The purchase of IBM's x86 server business by Chinese Lenovo is being probed on national security grounds
Facebook Acquires VR Headset Maker Oculus
Facebook surprises with the £1.1bn purchase of virtual-reality headset maker Oculus VR
IBM Workers Strike Over Transfer To Lenovo
Protests at Chinese factory concern the terms of new contracts following IBM’s agreement to sell its server business to Lenovo
IBM Closes Purchase Of DBaaS Provider Cloudant
Big Blue completes its acquisition of database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider Cloudant
Motorola Sale To Lenovo Applauded By Analysts
Google's sale of its Motorola unit to Lenovo has been widely welcomed by the analyst community
IBM Seeks Buyers For SDN Business – Report
IBM is reportedly seeking to divest itself of its SDN unit and has approached several networking vendors
Lenovo Expands With New ThinkServers
Chinese company expands its server portfolio with new ThinkServers whilst acquiring IBM's x86 server business
Lenovo Confirms Purchase Of IBM x86 Server Business For £1.4 billion
Lenovo will also take on 7,500 IBM workers under terms of the deal
Alcatel-Lucent Talks With Unify Over Enterprise Unit Sale – Report
Alcatel-Lucent reportedly considers selling off its enterprise business and is said to be talking with Unify
Citrix Brings Windows VDs To Macbook, Buys Framehawk
Citrix buys Framehawk and launches Windows virtual desktop product for MacBook users
Palo Alto Networks Buys Security Firm Morta
Palo Alto Networks is to acquire security startup Morta, established by former NSA and Air Force members
Apigee Buys InsightsOne For Big Data Analytics
Apigee has bolstered its big data credentials after adding InsightsOne to its API management capabilities
Pinterest Buys Image Recognition Firm VisualGraph
Acquisition looks to boost the image recognition capabilities of Pinterest's search facilities
Oracle Boosts SDN Portfolio With Corente Deal
Oracle is to purchase Corente, which specialises in software-defined networks for WAN environments