Google is paying nearly £80m for a company that will improve online shopping for consumers
News acquisition
Virgin Brand Continues As Liberty Global Buys Virgin Media
Liberty Global swallows Virgin Media to tackle Murdoch's BSkyB
Oracle To Pay $2 Billion For Acme Packet
The US software giant buys into specialist network hardware
Cisco Continues Acquisition Spree With Cognitive Deal
Cisco continues its acquisition spree with the purchase of Cognitive Security to enhance its network security credentials
Cisco Targets Network Management With Intucell Deal
Cisco is to spend nearly half a billion dollars in order to acquire mobile networking specialist Intucell
Yahoo! Swallows Social News Startup Snip.It
The revamp of Yahoo! continues as it acquires social news clipping service Snip.it...and then shuts it down
Imation Enters Data Centre With Nexsan Buy
Imation has bolstered its enterprise data centre storage portfolio with the acquisition of Nexsan
Red Hat To Buy Cloud Management Expert ManageIQ
The Linux titan is on a shopping spree
IBM Beefs Up Big Data With StoredIQ Purchase
IBM is adding to its growing 'big data' arsenal with the decision to acquire software maker StoredIQ
Dell To Splash On Security Again With Credant Deal
Dell opens its security acquisition wallet again
Cisco Boosts Network Policy Management With BroadHop
Cisco continues to ramp up its acquisition strategy with the purchase of network policy management specialist BroadHop
Imagination Offers $100 Million For MIPS And Wins
British chip designer outbids CEVA, but pays $40 million more than initially planned
Juniper Buying SDN Young Gun Contrail In $176m Deal
Contrail isn't a year old, but it is to be bought by one of the biggest networking players in town
Shareholders Sue Deloitte And KPMG Over HP Autonomy Deal
Audit firms and HP executives including Meg Whitman are accused of negligence over Autonomy acquisition
HP Terse Response To Mike Lynch Open Letter
HP has responded with a terse statement to an open letter from former Autonomy boss Dr Mike Lynch, to the board of HP
Imagination Could Be Outbid On MIPS Deal
A DSP chip designer from California is trying to get its mitts on MIPS
Dell Bets On Automation With Gale Technologies Acquisition
Dell looks to boost its growing enterprise business
Cisco Splashes $125m On Cloupia For Managing Cloud
Cisco gets out its wallet again to boost its unified computing business
AMD Explores Strategic Options – Report
Chip maker AMD is reportedly considering its strategic options including a possible patent sell-off
Oracle Beefs Up Cloud Portfolio With Instantis Acquisition
Oracle continues its acquisition streak with the purchase of cloud project management specialist Instantis
Riverbed Buys Opnet To Bolster APM Abilities
Riverbed Technology has paid a cool $1 billion for application performance management specialist Opnet
RSA Builds On Big Data Security Strategy With Silver Tail Acquisition
Acquisition builds on Art Coviello's promise to deliver Big Data-led strategy
Yahoo Builds On Mayer’s Mobile Promise With Stamped Acquisition
Marissa Mayer signs off her first Yahoo acquisition
EMC Boss Tucci Dismisses Juniper Acquisition Talk
Joe Tucci has reiterated EMC's relationship to Cisco and denied acquisition plans for Juniper Networks
Microsoft Beefs Up App Security With PhoneFactor Purchase
Microsoft is to enhance the security of business apps on mobile devices with the acquisition of PhoneFactor
Cisco Acquires vCider To Strengthen Network Virtualisation
Cisco has acquired virtual network overlay specialist vCider for integration into its ONE strategy
Motorola Mobility Buys Face Recognition Developer Viewdle
Google is expected to integrate the technology into Android smartphones
BMC Keeping Schtum On Rumours Of Sale
BMC has reportedly already brought in the bankers to court suitors
IBM Snaps Up Brit Storage Software Firm Butterfly
Big Blue looks to boost its storage and software arms
Dreamforce 2012: Salesforce.com Turns Rypple Into Work.com
Work.com will "revolutionise" the way employees are recognised and motivated, says Salesforce.com