Categorised as: Mergers & Acquisitions
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IBM completes acquisition of Varicent Software Incorporated News
24.05.2012 Technology giant IBM has finished up its acquisition of analytics software provider Varicent Software Incorporated for an undisclosed sum.Categories: Business Intelligence, Data Management, Deals Done, Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Software -
SAP acquires cloud procurement player Ariba for US$4.3bn News
23.05.2012 German software giant SAP has agreed to buy business-to-business (B2B) procurement firm Ariba for US$4.3bn or US$45 per share.Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, eCommerce, Business Software, Apps -
Eircom to exit examinership on 11 June News
22.05.2012 The High Court has approved a scheme recommended by Eircom’s examiner Michael McAteer that will allow it to exit examinership on 11 June. Under the scheme of arrangement...Categories: Networking & Telecoms, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investments, Internet, Financial, Communications -
Google acquires Motorola Mobility, names new CEO News
22.05.2012 Google has closed its deal to purchase mobile device maker Motorola Mobility, Google CEO Larry Page announced on the company’s blog. The US$12.5bn deal is Google’s biggest... -
EMC acquires file management solutions provider Syncplicity News
22.05.2012 Data storage giant EMC has acquired Syncplicity, Inc, a privately-held, next-generation, cloud-based synch and share file management provider for an undisclosed sum. -
Bloomberg buys Irish tech firm PolarLake, rolls out new data service News
22.05.2012 Global financial news service Bloomberg has acquired Dublin-based semantic web software company PolarLake for an undisclosed sum. As a result, Bloomberg is launching a new...Tags: Big Data, Semantic Web, -
Yahoo! and Alibaba in US$7bn stock deal News
21.05.2012 Chinese internet giant Alibaba Group is to purchase back a 20pc stake Yahoo! holds in its company as part of a US$7.1bn deal. The deal values Alibaba at US$35bn. -
Deals done this past week News
21.05.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
MBO at Maxima Ireland, becomes part of Zinopy News
15.05.2012 Virtualisation and cloud computing firm Maxima Ireland’s management team have led a management buyout of the company in a deal supported by security firm Zinopy. Maxima Ireland... -
20 years of the internet in Ireland (timeline) News
15.05.2012 Twenty years ago today Barry Flanagan began Ireland On-Line in his house in Galway, kick starting the internet as a consumer phenomenon in Ireland. We look back at some of the... -
Eircom examiner rebuffs a second €2bn offer from Hutchison Whampoa News
11.05.2012 Struggling telecoms operator Eircom’s examiner has declined a second offer from conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of 3 Ireland. A proposed ‘scheme of arrangement’ is... -
The internet in Ireland is 20 years old today! News
15.05.2012 As Facebook – just a baby at eight – hurtles towards one of the most momentous IPOs in tech industry history, it almost went unobserved today that the internet as we know it in...Categories: Web, Networking & Telecoms, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Economy, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Communications -
Yahoo!’s Scott Thompson steps down following CV gaffe News
14.05.2012 UPDATE - Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson has sensationally resigned from the post after just months in the job for “personal reasons.” The move comes just a week after a controversy... -
Deals done this past week News
14.05.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
EMC acquires Israeli start-up XtremIO, reportedly for US$430m News
11.05.2012 Data storage giant EMC has announced it has acquired the privately held flash storage start-up XtremIO. While it has not disclosed the financial terms of the deal, reports are...Categories: Deals Done, Data Management, Data Centre, Investments, IT Organisation, Mergers & Acquisitions -
Dell completes SonicWALL acquisition News
10.05.2012 Computing giant Dell has finished its acquisition of network security firm SonicWALL, Inc, expanding its software and service portfolio. Financial terms of the deal were not... -
Weekend news roundup: Ka Shing to offer more ka-ching for Eircom; Google News revamp News
08.05.2012 In our roundup of some of the tech reports in the weekend newspapers, it appears Li Ka Shing's Hutchison Whampoa may make another offer for Eircom; Google TV is set to make a... -
Deals done this past week News
08.05.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
Magnet buys UK FTTH player Velocity 1 - reveals fibre deal with Sky News
08.05.2012 Magnet Networks has entered the UK fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) market with the acquisition of a 90pc stake in UK fibre broadband player Velocity 1 from Quintain Estates and... -
The Discovery Channel and Revision3 – a perfect match for online video News
04.05.2012 With the purchase of Revision3, a web video start-up that saw a very successful 2011, it looks like the Discovery Channel is turning its focus to online television.