Acquisition
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Dell to buy IT services company Perot Systems
News Dell says US$3.9 billion deal will expand company's IT services offerings and widen pool of potential customers for its computers.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Desktops, Business Strategies & Functions, Asia, IT Services, IT services company, Africa, Dell Computer Corp., Desktops, Notebooks and tablets
Analysts: Dell-Perot buy limited in reach
News Latest acquisition puts hardware maker in big leagues with the likes of HP, says Dell executive, but analysts are less optimistic about its impact.
Tags: Acquisitions, Service level management, Business, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Asia, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, analyst, Dell Computer Corp.
Nokia buys social travel firm Dopplr
News Dopplr founder Marko Ahtisaari says Nokia shares his company's vision of improving the travel experience through social location data.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business Strategies & Functions, IP Telephony, telephony company, London, Flickr, handset company, Internet, acquisition, Web 2.0
Cisco to buy cloud security firm for US$183M
News Cisco Systems plans to buy U.K. Web-based security software company ScanSafe, marking the third announced acquisition this month.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, Web services, LANs and WANs, Acquisitions, Starent Networks Corp., ScanSafe, Security, software, Cisco Systems Inc.
Report: Oracle not yielding to EU with Sun buy
News Oracle is playing hardball with European regulators concerned about its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.
Tags: Mergers, Regulations, European Union, U.S. Department Of Justice, Sun Microsystems Inc., antitrust, Financial Times, Oracle Corp., Marten Mickos, proprietary software
AT&T buys application developer
News Phone giant nabs Plusmo to help it build more apps and widgets for mobile phones, PCs, and TV.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Applications and tools, Apple iPhone, TV, Phone, cell phone, Web development, mobile, Business Strategies & Functions, Plusmo
Publicis Groupe to buy Microsoft's Razorfish
News Deal for Internet ad agency includes agreement to buy display and search advertising from Microsoft for five years.
Tags: Search, Marketing communications, Razorfish, Publicis Groupe S.A., agency, aQuantive Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advertisement, Internet advertising, Acquisition
MySQL ex-CEO tells EU to let Oracle buy Sun
News Marten Mickos urges EU antitrust regulators to approve Oracle's Sun acquisition, arguing that delay hurts customers and that Oracle won't sink Sun's MySQL group.
Tags: Open source, Business applications, Acquisitions, Regulations, Open Source, Database, Commission, MySQL ex-CEO, European Commission, Business applications
Oracle's Q1: 'We grew faster than SAP'
News Oracle misses analysts' earnings and revenue estimates for the first quarter, but pointed to worldwide growth in its applications business that surpassed competitor SAP.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), SAP AG, Sun Microsystems Inc., Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Earnings, data warehouse, Wall Street, Oracle Corp., analyst, acquisition
Would-be Pirate Bay buyer loses control of assets
News Swedish court sides with a former business partner of Hans Pandeya, CEO of Global Gaming. There is enough evidence to show that Pandeya owes him about US$400,000, the court finds.
Tags: Web 2.0, payment, Sweden, Python, asset, Holy Grail, acquisition, Web 2.0, car
Yahoo!7 buys totaltravel.com
News Microsoft and Seven Network's joint venture Yahoo!7 has just acquired totaltravel.com to gain a foothold in the online travel market.
Tags: Web 2.0, E-commerce, Site, TV, Spokesperson, Accommodation, Australia, acquisition, Web 2.0, E-commerce
Potential Pirate Bay buyer could lose P2P partner
News Peerialism was supposed to be a linchpin of the new Pirate Bay, but the company is owed money and hasn't been made privy to vital details. CEO is losing confidence in deal.
Tags: Web sites, Grokster Ltd., P2P, question mark, technology company, File-sharing, network, president, acquisition, Web sites
Targets for Google's merger machine
News What's next on Google's mergers and acquisitions list? Head of corporate development lists search, advertising and mobile services as "top priorities".
Tags: Search, Google Inc., David Lawee, JumpTap, Twitter Inc., network, advertisement, CEO, mobile, Search Result
Xerox to acquire Affiliated Computer Services
News Dcument company has said it will buy ACS, a major American public-sector business-process contractor, in a US$6.4 billion deal.
Tags: Hardware, Business Strategies & Functions, IT project management, Xerox Corp., Asia, Outsourcing Company, BPO, managed services, South America, solution provider
Report: Google display ad exchange set to arrive
News Exchange developed by Google's DoubleClick unit that lets publishers sell excess display ad inventory before bargain-minded buyers is set to debut, according to a report.
Tags: Internet advertising, Web 2.0, New York, text advertisement, DoubleClick Inc., Web Site, Internet advertising, Web, acquisition, Web 2.0
