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News We wanted to be a survivor and a consolidator, and we felt the only way to survive and prosper was through acquisition," Ellison told a packed federal courthouse. We chose to do this with acquisition,"... [01 Jul 2004]
Egg nears French acquisition
News The acquisition is expected to include a retail distribution deal with Arnault's luxury goods LMVH. UK online bank Egg is reported to have reached an agreement to buy Zebank, the online banking venture set up by Bernard... [29 Jan 2002]
Invensys linked to Baan acquisition
News Baan's share price rose 90 per cent on Thursday following the acquisition speculation. UK electronic engineering company Invensys is poised to make a bid for troubled Dutch ERP vendor Baan, according to reports in the... [26 May 2000]
Legato to benefit from OTG acquisition
News The acquisition of OTG should bolster Legato's capabilities over time and will benefit Legato customers. However, OTG customers that bought products from Legato's competitors should expect little future integration. [01 Mar 2002]
Wipro splashes €41m on European acquisition
News Indian outsourcing company Wipro is targeting the global retail sector with the €41m acquisition of Portuguese IT company Enabler. Sudip Nandy, chief strategy officer at Wipro, said the acquisition... [01 Jun 2006]
Adobe snaps up Omniture in $1.8bn analytics acquisition
News The deal is the company's largest since its $3bn-plus acquisition of Macromedia, announced in April 2005. Adobe said on Tuesday that it has reached a deal to acquire web analytics firm Omniture for $1.8bn, or $21.50 per... [16 Sep 2009]
IBM boosts offshore capability with Indian acquisition
News IBM has boosted its offshore BPO capability with the acquisition of Indian call centre outsourcing firm Daksh. For IBM, the acquisition - its first in India - strengthens even further its offshore... [07 Apr 2004]
Microsoft Windows XP: An Overview of Windows Image Acquisition
White Paper This Support WebCast session will provide an overview of Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) in Microsoft Windows XP. It will also outline the new features that are available for imaging devices (such as scanners and... [25 Feb 2004]
HP spree continues with Indigo acquisition
News HP has followed up its move to purchase Compaq with the acquisition of Dutch printing technology firm Indigo for around $630m. HP is already a shareholder in Indigo, with a 13.4.per cent stake, but its move now will see... [07 Sep 2001]
iPass acquisition shores up wireless security
News iPass is putting an emphasis on security with a new acquisition, announced as it reported slightly higher earnings for its third quarter. Along with the Mobile Automation acquisition, significant... [27 Oct 2004]
Cisco back on the acquisition trail
News Cisco is back on the acquisition trail after it bought privately held software and hardware companies for $258m. This week's deals mark the end of the company's one-year hiatus in the acquisition market... [02 May 2002]
HP hits utility computing acquisition trail
News Both Sun and Big Blue have also been on the acquisition trail en route to utility computing's promised land. With a pair of acquisitions, Hewlett-Packard is looking to pick up some additional systems-management... [05 Feb 2004]
Symantec seals $20m enterprise acquisition
News Shares in security software firm Symantec rose steadily yesterday after it confirmed its acquisition of enterprise security management software and services business Mountain Wave. The $20m all-cash... [04 Jul 2002]
SurfControl rides Chinese wave with $15m acquisition
News Web and email filtering company SurfControl has made a move into the lucrative waters of the emerging Chinese market through the $15m acquisition of the assets of Linux-based filtering appliance firm SecureM - namely its... [19 Apr 2004]
Leader: No acquisition-smoke without fire?
Leader Rumours are rife this week that Microsoft is about to make perhaps its most significant acquisition yet - antivirus giant McAfee - formerly known as Network Associates. Companies would deny it was happening whether it... [24 Jun 2004]
