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Opera Shares Jump Amidst Facebook Takeover Talk
Facebook is reportedly interested in buying Opera, making the latter that bit more valuable
Report: Dell May Buy Quest Software
Dell is reportedly considering an acquisition of Quest in a move to reduce the company's reliance on PC and server hardware
Oracle Snaps Up Vitrue For Social Marketing
Oracle is to acquire Vitrue, a cloud-based company that helps companies manage their social marketing campaigns
SAP Acquires Ariba To Improve Cloud Credentials
SAP has boosted its cloud and collaboration portfolio with the acquisition of Ariba for £3.4bn
EMC World: EMC Acquires Cloud Sync Firm Syncplicity
Despite VMware releasing a beta of its own cloud sync product, EMC snaps up Syncplicity
Facebook Instagram Acquisition May Not Be So Instant
Facebook's Instagram acquisition may not close before the end of the second quarter as Zuckerburg had hoped
AppSense Targets BYOD With RAPsphere Acquisition
Appsense has made its first acquisition with the purchase of enterprise BYOD specialist RAPsphere
LinkedIn Splashes $118.75m on SlideShare
LinkedIn splashes the cash again, this time in a bid to bring in some presentation expertise
Cisco Beefs Up Network Analytics With Truviso Purchase
Cisco is to give its customers real-time visibility into the data traffic on their networks with the purchase of Truviso
IBM Snatches TeaLeaf Analytics
IBM buys TeaLeaf for analytics - we dare say it was probably a steal
Intel Splashes $75m On Aware Patents
Intel makes another big patent acquisition, grabbing some Aware networking IP
Intuit Makes Cloud Move With £261m DemandForce Purchase
Intuit has expanded its cloud expansion with the purchase of customer management tools provider DemandForce
Intel Grows HPC With Cray Interconnect Deal
Intel is adding to its HPC portfolio with the purchase of the networking assets of supercomputer maker Cray
Vodafone Buys Cable & Wireless For £1 Billion
Mobile giant Vodafone beats Tata to buy C&W's enterprise networks
Toshiba Set To Acquire IBM’s POS Business For $850m
Deal would see Toshiba Tec become 'world's foremost retail point-of-sale systems company'
Citrix Extends Social Collaboration With Podio Purchase
Citrix is acquiring Danish company Podio in order to enhance its social collaboration cloud service for SMBs
Facebook Buys Instagram Over Protests Of Some Users
Facebook is to pay £630m for Instagram, though some of the photo-sharing app's 30 million users have complained that the social network is 'for old people'
Dell On Spending Spree As Make Technologies Acquisition Announced
Dell has announced that it will acquire legacy modernisation software provider Make Technologies
Dell Continues Shopping Spree With Clerity Buy
Dell continues to splash the cash for acquisitions, this time acquiring application modernisation specialist Clerity
Cisco Boosts Network Management Portfolio With ClearAccess Acquisition
ClearAccess’ technology will enable Cisco to offer service providers better management of increasing Internet traffic
Broadcom Takes BroadLight For Expanded Fibre Access Portfolio
Broadcom takes another step in growing its networking capabilities with the purchase of BroadLight, a month after closing on NetLogic
Cisco To Buy Video Software Firm NDS Group For $5 Billion
Cisco's acquisition will bolster the company in the video market and add to its networking business capabilities
Avaya Pays £147m To Acquire Radvision
Avaya has ended months of speculation and finally purchased Radvision, adding video collaboration to its UC offerings
Avaya Rumoured To Be Moving In To Close Radvision Acquisition
Networking vendor Avaya is close to buying Radvision, adding video collaboration to its UC offerings, according to reports
What Is Behind Dell’s Acquisition Spree?
The acquisition of SonicWall gives Dell a powerful set of products and services to compete with Cisco, Juniper and HP, says Chris Preimesberger
Cisco’s WebEx Recieves Cheeky $1 Bid From SalesCrunch
SalesCrunch is seeking to acquire Cisco's WebEx business - with an unsolicited offer of just $1
Dell Plans SonicWALL Security Acquisition
Dell gets plenty of patents and thousands of customers with the SonicWALL buy.
Twitter Acquires Posterous For Blogging Boost
Twitter makes yet another acquisition, this time in the blogging space.
Tata Confirms Interest In C&W Bid
The Indian conglomerate Tata has signalled its possible interest in acquiring Cable & Wireless Worldwide