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Google Snaps Up More IBM Patents

Google is on the patent hunt once again, this time snapping up another 217 patents from IBM

12 years ago

Salesforce Buys Rypple To Counter SuccessFactors

Salesforce.com has responded to SAP's bid for SuccessFactors with the cheaper acquisition of Rypple

12 years ago

IBM Shops For Emptoris Supply Chain Procurement Cloud Service

Emptoris automates the complex buying, bidding and accounting process for enterprise procurement teams

12 years ago

Apple To Make Flash Move With Anobit Buy?

Hard to swallow but Apple could be about to acquire flash memory hardware maker Anobit

12 years ago

Blue Coat Acquired By Private Equity Firm

Blue Coat Systems has been brought out by private equity firm Thoma Bravo for a cool £829m

12 years ago

HP Makes Web Print Move With Hiflex Buy

HP is to bolster its web printing capabilities with the acquisition of privately held Hiflex Software

12 years ago

NewNet To Acquire Nokia Siemens WiMax Assets

Nokia Siemens is selling its WiMax business to NewNet, making it a larger player in the mobile space

12 years ago

Andreessen Headed To Yahoo Boardroom: Rumour

Marc Andreessen has been seen visiting Yahoo and speculation now tips him as the next chairman

12 years ago

AT&T And T-Mobile Marriage – It’s Complicated

Both telcos say the merger is on but AT&T is paying T-Mobile $4 billion for a missed deadline. Wayne Rash…

12 years ago

AT&T Stung With £2.6bn Charge For T-Mobile Deal

AT&T's troubled takeover of T-Mobile has left the operator facing a $4bn (£2.6bn) accounting charge

12 years ago

Yahoo Sale May Finally Happen, Say Reports

Microsoft has signed an NDA agreement which suggests it may be after Yahoo again

12 years ago

Motorola Shareholders Approve Google Takeover

Motorola Mobility shareholders have given their blessing to being acquired by search giant Google

12 years ago

Model Metrics Consultancy Bought By Salesforce

Salesforce acquires mobile, social cloud specialist to bolster itself against Oracle, SAP and other rivals

13 years ago

Amazon Buys Speech Startup Yap For Kindle

Amazon could be looking to bolster its Kindle device with the acquisition of speech specialist Yap

13 years ago

Motorola Axes Workforce Ahead Of Acquisition

Motorola is axing 800 jobs and closing down facilities as it prepares for its acquisition by Google

13 years ago

Google Acquisition Spree Breaks 2010 Record

Google has acquired an impressive 57 companies so far in 2011, with three months still remaining

13 years ago

LSI Makes SSD Move With SandForce Purchase

LSI is bolstering its SSD credentials with the purchase of Flash-storage specialist SandForce

13 years ago

Google Contemplates Yahoo Takeover

Google is mulling the possibility of challenging Microsoft's bid for troubled search company Yahoo

13 years ago

Cisco Boosts Videoscape With BNI Video Deal

Cisco is to enhance its Videoscape comms platform after announcing a deal to acquire BNI Video

13 years ago

Endeca Buy Boosts Oracle’s Big Data Management

Oracle plans to acquire Endeca Technologies to improve its access to unstructured and Big Data

13 years ago

Microsoft Completes Skype Acquisition

Microsoft is the new owner of popular VoIP service Skype, after the acquisition was official closed

13 years ago

IBM Targets HPC With Platform Computing Buy

IBM is to acquire the Canadian clustering, grid and HPC software provider Platform Computing

13 years ago

Rumours Swirl Of Microsoft Bid For Yahoo

Microsoft plans to acquire Yahoo, claims Reuters. No such plans, counters Bloomberg. Who’s right?

13 years ago

HP Seals The Deal On Autonomy Acquisition

HP has completed its £6.7bn acquisition of UK firm Autonomy, following approval by shareholders

13 years ago

Oracle And Autonomy Trade Barbs Over HP Buyout

Oracle says Autonomy "shopped" itself around before HP bought it, but does this reflect worse on Autonomy or Oracle, asks…

13 years ago

Google-Motorola Deal Faces Further DoJ Scrunity

The US Justice Department has asked Google for more information relating to its bid to acquire Motorola

13 years ago

Google Was Desperate To Buy Motorola Mobility

Documents chronicling the Google/ Motorola deal reveal the desperation with which Google pursued the purchase, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Broadcom Snaps Up NetLogic For £2.4bn

Broadcom has paid £2.4bn in cash to acquire embedded processor specialist NetLogic

13 years ago

Google Acquisition Finds A Place For Zagat

Google has bought Zagat for an undisclosed sum, marking a new expansion into local business reviews

13 years ago

Motorola’s Patents Are No Big Win For Google

Motorola's patents might come in handy, but they won't stop rivals from attacking Google and Android in court, says Clint…

13 years ago