M&a
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Industry, economic shifts call for 'fixers'
News As IT sector matures and customer demands change, more technology companies seek 'professional fixers', Caucasian or Asian, to transform the business.
Tags: Leadership, Recruiting, Director Of Information Technology, Executive, M&A, Officer, Singapore, Consulting, technology company, industry
The fraud connection in social networking
Insight A fraud ring is no different than a social network, as it's the relationships and associations that are important, says SAS co-founder and CEO Jim Goodnight.
Tags: Web 2.0, Business applications, Hewlett-Packard Co., SAS Institute, M&A, Cloud Computing, M&A Money, phone, social networking, analytics
Legacy IT holding back insurers
Insight perspective Analyst at U.K. insurer Celent explains what CIOs of firms weighed down by legacy systems, can do to update their organization.
Tags: Mainframes, Business applications, IT Governance, Insurance Company, M&A, legacy system, COBOL, Celent, Catherine Stagg-Macey, CIO
When cash is king in M&A
Blogs Following on from last week's posting, we've seen more merger and acquisition (M&A) activity with TCS acquiring Citigrou...
Global financial contagion and sourcing
Blogs Watching the financial industry events unfold (perhaps snowball is a better word), I started wondering what this could m...
A look ahead at 2009
Blogs As I mentioned in my previous post, having the 2008 sourcing industry information available, and in particular the "tale...
India's global M&A boom
News Indian corporations, established at home and seeking new markets, are flush with cash and spending it abroad. But have they gone overboard?
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, India, M&A, Indian Company, Tata Steel Ltd., technology company, food, shareholder, asset
Tech M&A spending takes steep hit in third quarter
News Tech mergers and acquisitions fell by a third in the September quarter, fueled by credit tightening and havoc on Wall Street, according to a report by The 451 Group.
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Quarter, Google Inc., M&A, technology company, financial, financial analyst, bank, valuation
How Wall Street's mess will hurt high tech
News news analysis Consolidation and financial uncertainty at the nation's largest securities firms will close some doors to tech companies aiming to go public, slow the process for M&A deals, and add more worry lines to tech investing.
Tags: Venture capital, Mergers, Acquisitions, Legal, Financial, Bank Of America Corp., Security, Google Inc., M&A, IPO
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., advertisement, CEO, network, mobile, Search Result
Why Starbucks still brews in Vienna
Blogs I'm chilling out in wintry Vienna this week, home to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and where boutique cafés can be found at al...
Yahoo sets shareholders meeting for July 3--fireworks anticipated
News Yahoo sets a 10-day deadline for any shareholder who wants to name a dissident director to run against Yahoo's board to step forward by the end of business on May 15.
Tags: Business structures, Business Strategies & Functions, Steve Ballmer, M&A, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, shareholder, Internet, blog, time clock
As Yahoo's Bartz eyes new CFO, Microsoft isn't worried
News Yahoo's chief financial officer got a pink slip two weeks ago, say sources, but Microsoft isn't concerned that move will slow down efforts to engage Yahoo in a search deal.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Microsoft Corp., CFO, M&A, Yahoo! Inc., treasurer, finance team, financial
HP to acquire Ibrix
News HP signs agreement to acquire Ibrix, which makes enterprise-scale file serving software aimed at helping customers manage and store large amounts of data.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard Co., M&A, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, storage company, merger, Acquisitions
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News The economic downturn is not universally bad news for IT, according to consulting company Frost & Sullivan which says gloomy markets can actually mean good news for certain segments of the tech industry.
Tags: Virtualization, M&A, Information And Communication Technology, electronic billing, leasing, Frost & Sullivan, systems integration, information management, software-as-a-service, information technology
