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Mergers and acquisitions

Article | 1/12/2011 Vodafone buys unified communication consultant Bluefish
Vodafone's Global Enterprise is strengthening its professional services arm by acquiring British consultant Bluefish Communications, which will form t...
Article | 1/12/2011 Alibaba says no decision on joint Yahoo bid
Alibaba Group said it has not decided to be part of a bid for the whole of Yahoo, countering reports that the Chinese company is in talks with private...
Article | 1/12/2011 Adobe buys Efficient Frontier to boost its online advertising capabilities
Adobe Systems has acquired Efficient Frontier in order to boost its abilities to power advertising campaigns that use social networks and search engin...
Article | 30/11/2011 FCC riles AT&T by releasing report on T-Mobile merger
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has allowed AT&T to withdraw its application to buy the mobile licenses owned by T-Mobile USA, as AT&am...
Article | 30/11/2011 Nokia Siemens to sell WiMax business to NewNet
Nokia Siemens Networks plans to sell its WiMax infrastructure business to NewNet Communication Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
Article | 24/11/2011 AT&T says T-Mobile deal isn't dead yet, but sets aside $4B for break-up fee
AT&T will continue to seek antitrust clearance for its merger with rival T-Mobile USA, it said Thursday. However, to reflect the break-up fee it w...
Article | 24/11/2011 Western Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions
Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi's hard-disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard-disk drive production plant.
Article | 22/11/2011 Ebay buys e-commerce recommendations service Hunch
Ebay has acquired Hunch, an online platform for customized purchase recommendations, for an undisclosed price, it said Monday.
Article | 22/11/2011 Key executives leave Lawson Software after Infor acquisition
Three key Lawson Software executives have left the company in recent weeks, just several months following Infor's acquisition of the company and the r...
Article | 21/11/2011 Wyse acquires Trellia for cloud-based mobile management
Thin client maker Wyse Technology has acquired Canadian company Trellia to help it manage the growing number of smartphones and tablets used by enterp...
Article | 19/11/2011 How Oracle made the Sun deal work: a lesson for CFOs
CFOs who gathered outside Boston on Thursday to discuss how they can be agents for change within their enterprises were treated to a close-up view of ...
Article | 18/11/2011 Sega acquires US online game developer Three Rings
Sega said Friday it has acquired U.S. online game developer Three Rings Design, in an effort to grow outside its traditional video game business overs...
Article | 18/11/2011 Motorola Mobility shareholders approve Google acquisition
Motorola Mobility said Thursday that its shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of the proposed acquisition of the company by Google.
Article | 18/11/2011 Aruba to buy Avenda for BYOD security
Wi-Fi infrastructure vendor Aruba Networks will buy Avenda Systems to expand its network security offerings and help enable BYOD (bring-your-own-devic...
Article | 18/11/2011 SAP co-CEO talks new product areas, in-memory computing
SAP could be entering significant new product categories soon, judging from remarks made by co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe on Thursday.