Intel is adding to its HPC portfolio with the purchase of the networking assets of supercomputer maker Cray
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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
Rising Server Maker SeaMicro Acquired By AMD
AMD has bought rising star SeaMicro for its low-power-consumption, small footprint microservers for private or hybrid cloud systems
LinkedIn Continues Acquisition Spree With Rapportive Buy
LinkedIn has acquired Gmail contact management service Rapportive for an undisclosed amount
Juniper To Halt Web App Attacks With Mykonos Buy
Attacks against web applications are a growing threat that Juniper hopes to challenge with its Mykonos purchase
Microsoft Files EU Antitrust Complaint Against Motorola Mobility
Motorola accused by Microsoft and Apple of abusing FRAND patents in Europe
Ericsson’s BelAir Networks Buy Expands Mobile Broadband Offerings
The acquisition of BelAir Networks will offer wireless carriers Wi-Fi connectivity from Ericsson
Rackspace Bolsters Expertise With SharePoint911 Purchase
Rackspace has acquired a SharePoint specialist in order to give a better service to its enterprise customers
Opera Acquires Two Mobile Advertising Firms
Norwegian browser maker Opera Software is purchasing advertising firms in both the US and the UK
Oracle Takes Taleo And A Major Step Into Cloud Services
Taleo is the latest step in Oracle's long-term strategy to build up its cloud service provision, says Chris Preimesberger
IBM To Advance Mobile Strategy With Worklight Acquisition
IBM plans to buy Worklight, a maker of mobile app development and management software, to bolster its enterprise mobile strategy
Huawei Acquires Green UK Photonics Technology Developer CIP
Huawei has completed its acquisition of UK photonics researcher CIP as an investment in green fibre-optic technologies
Cloud Testing Boost For Rational As IBM Buys Green Hat
IBM Rational has announced a move to acquire Green Hat, a maker of cloud-based software testing products
Google Snaps Up More IBM Patents
Google is on the patent hunt once again, this time snapping up another 217 patents from IBM
Salesforce Buys Rypple To Counter SuccessFactors
Salesforce.com has responded to SAP's bid for SuccessFactors with the cheaper acquisition of Rypple