Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire BroadHop, a developer of network management servers and software for carriers. Terms of the acquisition …
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Qualcomm plans to reject Broadcom’s $103B acquisition bid
US chipmaker Qualcomm is reportedly drawing up plans to reject rival Broadcom’s $103 billion bid as early as this week.1 3668
Dell to buy data-protection vendor Credant
Dell has made a deal to acquire data-protection vendor Credant Technologies and plans to add the company’s technology to its …
Oracle buys DataRaker for ‘big data’ analysis
Oracle is planning to buy DataRaker in a move that will give it a cloud-based platform for analysing data from …
Juniper buys SDN startup for $176M
Juniper Networks this week acquired Contrail Systems, a startup that makes controllers for software-defined networks, for $176 million in cash and …
Dell’s acquisitions not yet paying dividends
Dell’s effort to move away from PCs into enterprise products has been slow as the company battles a challenging economy …
Cisco to acquire cloud vendor Meraki for $1.2B
Cisco revealed yesterday it intends to acquire Meraki, a vendor of technology for cloud based management of wireless LAN, security …
Brocade acquires Vyatta
Brocade yesterday announced that it will acquire privately held Vyatta in an all-cash transaction. Vyatta is based in Belmont, Calif. …
SAP reports strong third quarter, revises 2012 outlook
SAP reported Wednesday double-digit revenue growth in the third quarter, benefiting from a strong performance in the Americas and double-digit …
Lenovo acquires Stoneware to expand cloud products
Lenovo yesterday said it plans to acquire Stoneware, a small U.S. based company specialising in cloud products for schools and …
Cisco completes acquisition of video software firm
Networking giant Cisco has completed its acquisition of NDS Group, a provider of video software and content security systems for …