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Tag: mergers and acquisitions (page 9)
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Adobe Buys Fotolia to Build One Stop Shop for Creatives
If you want to know how to keep a secret, bury it in a quarterly earnings report. That’s how much of the world learned that Adobe has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Fotolia, a leading marketplace for stock content, for approximately $800 million.
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Ektron: Good or Bad Software? Depends On Who You Ask
Sale. Investment. No sale. No investment. Merger with EpiServer. No merger with EpiServer. Whatever the heck's happening at Ektron, this is a technology company. And the future of the Nashua, NH-based .
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Are Analytics Firms Undervalued? TIBCO Sells at a Premium
Stop the presses -- or at least the rumors. We now know who will buy middleware analytics provider Tibco: Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm. At $4.3 billion, it is the largest tech buyout this year.
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Why Infor is Buying Saleslogix
Why would any company want to go into competition with Salesforce in the customer relationship management (CRM) field? Infor wants to do just that with its acquisition of Saleslogix. Infor, based in New York City, reportedly plans to transform the Software-as-a-Service-based CRM company into Infor CRM.
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Planview Snaps Up A Collaboration Firm
Companies are increasingly turning to social business tool to supplement traditional project management and agile approaches. In response, large vendors are adding cloud-based features and communication tools to existing product suites.
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IBM Focuses on Security Again With Lighthouse Buy
Hot on the heels of the CrossIdeas acquisition two weeks ago, IBM plans to buy the business operations of Lighthouse Security Group (LSG), again for an undisclosed sum.
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CrossIdeas Acqusition Underlines IBM's Security Drive
IBM seems hungry for acquisitions, even though its revenues are down two percent on the year. The latest buy comes in the shape of CrossIdeas, a Rome, Italy-based cyber security vendor. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed, which means Big Blue probably got it relatively cheap.
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Yahoo Buys Flurry to Personalize the Mobile Experience
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is intent on becoming a mobile-first company and when it comes to advertising revenue, let’s just say there’s room for improvement. Last week the company reported discouraging earnings of $1.08 billion in revenues, 4 percent less than for the same quarter last year.
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Originate Buys Applied Intelligence Group
Originate has acquired the professional services company Applied Intelligence Group, which makes digital platform solutions. The deal gives Originate, a San Francisco-based venture and enterprise development firm, a foothold in the Boston area where Applied Intelligence is based. The two firms have worked together since 2012.
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Our Favorite Tweets from the Apple-IBM Mega Deal
We've already offered some great perspective on the IBM-Apple Mega Deal. Now for some comic relief. Without further ado, here are some of our favorite tweets from the IBM-Apple deal that shook up the mobile enterprise world. Tweet, Tweet Setting the stage for a cyber fight, perhaps: I wonder if
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Big, Bigger, Huge: Apple, IBM Create Massive Partnership
The future of technology as we know it took a massive step in a new direction today with the news of a partnership between Apple and IBM.
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Google Digs Deeper into European IT
Google has offered the surest sign yet that Europe and its IT sector are starting to shrug off the recession. The sign comes in the shape of a new venture capital fund that will “invest in the best ideas from the best European entrepreneurs.” The news was confirmed this morning
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Why Google Just Bought Divide
Yes you can use your Android phone for work and do so with the CIO’s blessing. Maybe the corporate watchdogs aren’t telling you this quite yet, but chances are that they will before long. Why? Because Google just purchased mobile device management company, Divide. Formerly known as Enterproid, Divide
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As Cloud Pricing Tumbles, Rackspace Explores its Options
Rackspace has long been the sweetheart of application developers and website owners. Its reputation for delivering “fanatical support” has made it an industry darling.
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