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Symark Buys BeyondTrust, Takes Its Name

September 14th, 2009 | No Comments

Symark International announced today it acquired BeyondTrust to broaden its privileged access management portfolio to include Microsoft Windows desktops. Symark also announced it would now be known as BeyondTrust.
– Symark International has a new name and a new set of capabilities under its belt.
The company announced today it has acquired BeyondTrust, a will
henceforth be known by that name as it sharpens its focus by
providing security and compliance for privileged user access for
Microsoft Windows.
T…


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Nokia Buys Assets of Social Networking Maker Plum

September 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Nokia purchases some of the assets of Plum, a company that specializes in cloud-based social media and messaging technology. Nokia, which is looking to strengthen its mobile app offerings against the likes of Apple and RIM, says it plans to integrate the technology with its Services unit.
– Nokia,
which is trying to strengthen its mobile application offerings against the
likes of Apple, Microsoft and Research In Motion, is acquiring some of the
assets of Plum, which specializes in social media.
Nokia and Plum announced the deal Sept. 11. The two
companies did not disclose the full…


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Trustwave Buys Vericept for Data Loss Prevention

September 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Trustwave acquires Vericept in a move to expand its footprint in data loss prevention and data security. Trustwave’s purchase is in line with a string of buys in the DLP space over the past two years by companies ranging from McAfee to Symantec to Trend Micro.
– Security vendor Trustwave
is buying its way into the data loss prevention space with the acquisition of
Vericept.
The financial details of
the deal are under wraps. However, officials
at Trustwave say the buy combines Vericepts data loss prevention (DLP) technology with Trustwaves
portfolio of…


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RightNow Buys Social Software Provider HiveLive to Tackle Salesforce.com

September 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Salesforce.com rival RightNow agrees to purchase enterprise social software concern HiveLive for $6 million in cash. RightNow will use the HiveLive platform as the social bridge to its multichannel contact center enterprise applications. Companies will be able to create customer support and idea generation communities that include forums, blogs, question-and-answer dialogues and media.
– RightNow, a challenger to Salesforce.com in the market for hosted CRM
applications, agreed to purchase enterprise social software concern HiveLive
for $6 million in cash.
RightNow’s SAAS (software as a service) applications include a multichannel agent desktop that connects
businesses to custome…


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Abu Dhabi buys Chartered: Update

September 7th, 2009 | No Comments

Abu Dhabi’s Advanced Technology Investment Co (ATIC ) is offering $2.68 a share in cash to buy Chartered Semiconductor, valuing the firm at just over $2.6 billion.

ATIC which is owned by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund paid US$2.1 billion for 55.6% of a joint venture with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), creating Globalfoundries.

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Walt Disney buys Marvel Entertainment: Of mouse and X-Men

September 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Will Disney’s latest acquisition prove as Marvellous as it appears?

NOT even the combined powers of Spiderman, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America and the X-Men could keep The Mouse at bay. On August 31st Walt Disney announced it was buying Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, just days after the comic-book publisher had celebrated 70 glorious years of independence, during which it had created many of the most famous cartoon characters not invented by Disney itself.

In fact, Marvel did not put up much of a fight, accepting what most analysts think was a generous price. Disney will get access both to Marvel’s creative minds and—potentially far more valuable in an age when familiar stories rule the box office—an archive containing around 5,000 established characters, only a fraction of which have yet made the move from paper to the silver screen. …

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Spider-Man joins Mickey Mouse as Disney buys Marvel

September 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Move over Mickey Mouse, the X-Men are moving in. The Walt Disney Co. announced on Monday it had agreed to add the X-Men, Iron Man and Spider-Man to its vast cast of characters with a surprise agreement to buy Marvel Entertainment Inc. for some $4bn. The deal, Disney’s biggest since its

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What I Read Today: Facebook Buys FriendFeed Edition

August 11th, 2009 | No Comments

Why Facebook Wants FriendFeed
GigaOm | August 10, 2009
Scott Karp says: Om Malik calls it “the problem of plenty.” Facebook is trying to solve it by acquiring FriendFeed. Will news orgs compete?
Facebook Takes FriendFeed To Take On Twitter
TechCrunch | August 10, 2009
Scott Karp says: M&A, as always, is driven by startups building what incumbents should have [...]

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Facebook Buys FriendFeed After Failing to Acquire Twitter

August 10th, 2009 | No Comments

Facebook aims to plug its real-time content gap by buying FriendFeed, a social network aggregator that lets users create custom feeds of content from Facebook, Digg, YouTube and other services. One analyst says FriendFeed is Facebook’s consolation prize after failing to buy popular microblogging service Twitter.
– After failing to buy microblogging site Twitter, on Aug. 10 Facebook said it will acquire FriendFeed, which lets users
aggregate content from more than 60 social Websites and build customized
content feeds for sharing with friends.
Importantly, these feeds surface posts and comments in users’ ho…



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Google buys video technology firm

August 5th, 2009 | No Comments

Google sign

Google has announced a deal to buy On2 Technologies, which provides technology that should help improve video quality on the internet search engine.

The deal for $106.5m (£62.7) should be concluded later this year, subject to On2 shareholder approval.

On2′s technology helps shrink video files, allowing high definition images to be delivered over the internet.

"We believe high quality video should be part of the web platform," said Sundar Pichai at Google.

"We are committed to innovation in video quality on the web, and we believe that On2′s team and technology will help us further that goal," he added.

Current On2 customers include Adobe, Skype, Nokia and Sony.

Google is the undisputed leader in internet search engines.

Last week, technology giant Microsoft and website Yahoo announced a tie-up designed to break Google’s stranglehold.

This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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WatchGuard Buys BorderWare for E-Mail, Web Security

August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

WatchGuard Technologies has purchased BorderWare Technologies to get into the e-mail and Web content security business, the company says. WatchGuard says the move will help it compete against Google and Cisco Systems in the messaging security space. The official announcement will be Aug. 4.
– WatchGuard Technologies has bought fellow security vendor BorderWare
Technologies to build its e-mail and Web security business.
The move, made for an undisclosed sum, will be officially announced Aug. 4.
According to officials at WatchGuard, the acquisition expands the company’s
footprint beyo…



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Sparxent Buys E-Mail Migration Specialist Cemaphore

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Sparxent confirms that it has acquired messaging and collaboration specialist Cemaphore Systems. Cemphore’s MailShadow products help businesses move e-mail, calendar and contact data from Microsoft Exchange to Google’s Gmail servers, and vice versa. Sparxent will likely sell the Cemaphore solutions to medium-size businesses looking to move data into the cloud.
– In a move first reported on by eWEEK July 23, IT solution provider Sparxent July 28 confirmed
that it has acquired Cemaphore for an undisclosed sum.
Cemaphore, a partner of messaging rivals Google and Microsoft, makes software suites that help businesses migrate e-mail,
calendar and contact info…


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IBM Buys Ounce Labs, Could Challenge HP

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

IBM acquires Ounce Labs to build out its application testing capabilities. The purchase, which follows continued growth in the market, may trigger a reaction from HP and other vendors.
– IBM has acquired Ounce Labs to bolster
its application testing abilities.
The move underscores the demand
for vulnerability testing, which analysts say has continued to grow even in the
face of an economic downturn. According to Gartner, the market for both dynamic
and static testing has grow…


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Time Warner Buys Google’s Stake in AOL for $283M

July 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Time Warner paid $283 million for Google’s 5 percent stake in AOL, the Internet company says in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Time Warner, which plans to spin off AOL by the end of 2009, bought the stake from search company Google on July 8, AOL says. The price that the company paid for Google’s stake implies that AOL has a total value of about $5.7 billion.
– NEW YORK
(Reuters) Time Warner Inc paid $283 million for Google Inc’s 5 percent stake in
AOL, the Internet company said in a U.S.
regulatory filing on Monday.
Time Warner, which plans to spin off AOL
by the end of the year, bought the stake from Google on July 8, AOL
said in the filing with th…


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Oracle Buys GoldenGate to Boost Database, Middleware Products

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Oracle has picked up another company and plans to integrate its technology into its database and middleware products. Oracle announced that it has bought GoldenGate Software for an undisclosed sum, adding that company to a list that includes the likes of Sun Microsystems and Virtual Iron.
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Oracle
is adding to its stable of acquisitions and announced June 23 that it is
buying GoldenGate Software, a private company that specializes in data
integration technology that works in real-time.
Oracle
is expected to close the deal with GoldenGate later this year. The two
companies did n…


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Amazon Buys Zappos for $928 Million

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Amazon is paying about $928 million for online shoe retailer Zappos.com. This move is expected to help Amazon expand into the apparel arena with a well-known name after trying unsuccessfully to go it alone.
– SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com will pay about $928 million for
booming online shoe retailer Zappos.com, expanding aggressively into
the apparel arena with a well-known name after trying unsuccessfully to
go it alone.
Amazon said on Wednesday it struck a deal to buy Zappos, for 927.9
milli…


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Yahoo Buys Xoopit to Boost Photo-Sharing Versus Google, AOL

July 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Yahoo scoops up Xoopit, a Web services specialist that combs through the glut of files, photos and videos floating in users’ Yahoo Mail and Google Gmail clouds and lets users post the content on other social networks and blogs to share with their friends. Yahoo hopes to place ads around the tool, which has powered the My Photos section in Yahoo Mail since December. Google, AOL and others lose out on this one.
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Yahoo confirmed earlier reports July 22 when it said it
agreed to buy media file-sharing software specialist Xoopit.
Yahoo declined to confirm the purchase price, though
AllThingsDigital,
which first reported the news July 21, claims the price is in the $20 million
range.
Many me…


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Roll Call Buys Congressional Quarterly

July 21st, 2009 | No Comments

WASHINGTON — The owner of Roll Call is buying Congressional Quarterly in a deal that will bring two well-known publications covering Capitol Hill and Washington politics under the same corporate umbrella.

Terms of the deal announced Tue…

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