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RSS name mergePalm to acquire Handspring
News Palm Solutions Group, the company's hardware arm, will then merge operations with Handspring, creating a new hardware company with a new name. Palm has said it will buy rival Handspring in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld... [04 Jun 2003]
Oracle plans gain Java community consensus
News The proposal outlines a standardised way to merge Java programming tools from several companies into an integrated development environment (IDE), which would then allow access to all the tools through a single interface. [20 Dec 2002]
What's the fuss about... virtualised IT infrastructure?
Comment Spend might have dried up for the moment but progress continues as previously disparate areas of IT overlap and merge. It is true, however, that the major steps taken by the industry over the years (client/server computing, the WWW and mobile... [20 Sep 2002]
HP selects iPAQ for PDA thrust - Jornada buyers beware
News Hewlett-Packard will merge its Jornada personal digital assistant (PDA) into the better-selling Compaq Computer iPAQ line. The Jornada 710, 720 and forthcoming 728 will continue to be sold but will eventually be rebranded under the iPAQ name. [15 May 2002]
Biometrics firms set to merge
News Two US biometrics companies, Identix and Visionics, are to merge. The name of the combined firm will be announced later on in the year. Facial scanner maker Visionics and Identix, a fingerprint scanner company, have announced their strategic merger... [26 Feb 2002]
Christmas sale: Vivendi gobbles up USA Networks unit for $10.3bn
News EchoStar is also about to merge with DirectTV, which has a huge satellite network in the US. USA Networks has sold its entertainment unit to Vivendi Universal for a whopping $10.3bn and in a in a bid to refocus for a future in online retail will... [18 Dec 2001]
365 Corp gets caught up in Chrysalis's web
News 365 Corporation and media group Chrysalis are to merge their internet operations. The name of the new venture will be unveiled later today. According to today's FT, the two companies will split off their online arms and form a new join venture in a... [26 Nov 2001]
Dot-com estate agents in mega-merger
News Propertyfinder is set to merge with Asserta - the online estate agency division of CGNU - in a deal that will mean the combined firms hold details on 56 per cent of all UK properties for sale at any one time. [06 Aug 2001]
Microsoft prepares for a spending spree
News Earlier this week the company announced it will merge Support and Business Consulting in order to better meet the needs of its customers, above all for high end servers. The marriage with a large established name could have far-reaching... [04 May 2001]
Embattled CRM vendors find safety in numbers
News A Broadbase spokesman claimed it will take just six months to integrate the two companies' software portfolios and the combined company will take the name of Kana Communications. The decision, which was taken at the weekend and announced late... [10 Apr 2001]
Homestore buys US rival in $716m share deal
News Mike Simon, managing director at Move.co.uk, said: "The name Move.com in the US will disappear and merge into Homestore.com but the UK portal will remain. Move.com will use the UK portal as part of its expansion in Europe. [27 Oct 2000]
Iceland reinvents itself as an e-company
News In a statement Malcolm Walker, chairman of Iceland, criticised competitors who haven't attempted to merge Internet and traditional retailing, and then market them together. Supermarket group, Iceland, is to re-branded itself with its Web name... [22 Mar 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Java skills in demand, Corel's future with Inprise, and how to make the Web more relevant
Comment Corel has announced that it's to merge with Inprise (previously Borland) with the resulting company retaining the name Corel. It's official: according to a survey by Bloor Research of over 40,000 job adverts in January, Java has taken the top slot... [14 Feb 2000]
Cordena in CRM merger with ClientLogic
News European call management company, Cordena, is to merge with ClientLogic Corporation to provide customer relationship management (CRM) services worldwide. Cordena will immediately assume ClientLogic's name and branding. [15 Oct 1999]
DoubleClick counts on Abacus
News Internet advertising specialist, DoubleClick, is to merge with direct marketer, Abacus, owner of the largest proprietary database of consumer information in the US. The combined company, valued at $1bn, will retain the DoubleClick name. [15 Jun 1999]
