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- A rundown of 'L'affair Microhoo'
- CNET News.com Editor in Chief Dan Farber takes a few minutes to highlight the key points in all the corporate maneuvering of Microsoft's would-be acquisition of Yahoo and gives his take on where the failed bid leaves both companies.
- Videos 2008-05-08
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- Effect on Yahoo will be debilitating
- In part one of this comment (Febuary 2/08 ) I said: Some mergers are defensive, some are driven by competitive opportunity, and others largely by management egos and investment bankers hooking for commissions. This seems to be one of the latter: Yahoo was over valued relative to its...
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Image: Top 10 U.S. tech Mergers
- Here's a ranking of the leading U.S. technology merger and acquisition deals based on value.This chart ranks the leading U.S. technology merger and acquisition deals based on value. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-05-01
- Oracle closes BEA deal; Last 'logical' purchase?
- Oracle closes BEA deal; Last 'logical' purchase?Right!Mergers and acquisitions are like drugs; once a company gets into the habit of making them, it's not likely to stop, logical or not.At least the claim came from an analyst, rather than an Oracle executive.
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale
- Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: MoraleCan you please point to the time(s)That Yahoo has made a loss in the past few years?And what makes you think any lawsuits against Yahoo is going to succeed? In the spirit of your cloud cuckoo land, I'd say it's more likely...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
- EMC buys Iomega
- EMC buys Iomegaanother merger with no benefit to consumersI'm so negative on corporate buyout-mergers that anytime I see a company bought, I know that any value in their products will start to vanish. If EMC had any competency to compete in the SOHO markets they would be there already. But...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- As SOA hype turns five, IBM turns to Smart SOA Social Network to bind communities of users
- The global WebSphere ecology has trooped to Las Vegas this week for the IBM Impact 2008 conference, with a kick-off rally of sorts in the MGM Grand arena this morning. I saw Fleetwood Mac here at a Comdex, must have been 12 years ago. IBM has sure...
- Blog posts 2008-04-07
- Google to lay off around 25% of Double Click employees
- It sounds like Google is splitting up DoubleClick into two separate divisions, and selling off Performics. The reason Google is doing this is because Performics deals with search engine marketing (SEM), and that is a direct conflict of interest. SEM is the term used to describe optimizing your...
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- Hot new open source ISVs, projects make the grade at OSBC
- Six hot open source startups and projects got notice at the Open Source Business Conference this week. Not surprisingly, many of them are in software categories deemed most vulnerable to open source disruption, including collaboration and conferencing, social publishing, sales automation, application deployment and developer tools....
- Blog posts 2008-03-27
- EU approves Google's DoubleClick acquisition; Here comes the display ad ripples
- Updated below: European regulators on Tuesday approved Google's purchase of DoubleClick setting up the search giant's big splash in the display advertising market. According to the EU's competition committee, Google's $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick isn't a threat to competition because Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL are credible...
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waiting
- Sprint and T-Mobile: A disaster in waitingNO MORE MERGERSAs of late, almost every merger in the last 5 years hasn't made sense, nor have many been successful. While on the other hand, we do look at IBM spinning off their PC division and watch them fly with it.Sprint spun...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-07
- Internet Retailer Cuts IT Costs, Increases Order Capacity With E-Commerce Solution
- Miles Kimball Company offers cards, gifts, and household items through several mail-order and online catalogs. Some of the company's Web sites are the result of mergers and acquisitions, and maintaining the sites' multiple architectures became increasingly cumbersome and expensive. Also, as the sites grew more popular, downtime became a problem...
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- The+EU%3A+Too+much+control+over+the+tech+sector+%28and+Microsoft%29+%3F
- The+EU%3A+Too+much+control+over+the+tech+sector+%28and+Microsoft%29+%3FYawn. You really are anidiot. I just had to finally say it, as I do not say that much (I do try to be respectfull of others's points of views and beliefs), no matter how right or totally wrong they may be, Yet I get the sense that you...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Informatica offers Data Migration Suite; Wipro to leverage its power
- Informatica Corp. is addressing the crucial issue of data access by packaging its data integration software as Informatica Data Migration Suite, with an eye toward providing a solution for companies involved in mergers and acquisitions, consolidation, and outsourcing. With the shifting landscape of business today, as...
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates
- Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill GatesI wouldn't disagree with anything that was saidBusiness is war and in war, life is harsh.Many of us would like to think that companies are in business for altruistic reasons and indeed many founders might have such thinking... but once a company becomes public,...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-16
- Liddell destroying Microsoft from within
- Liddell destroying Microsoft from withinCiscoFor what it's worth, Cisco has managed a long string of acquisitions quite well. Then again, they are pretty good at LWA: Leave Well Alone -- if a group is doing well, don't charge in and make changes.I admit that I can't offhand think of...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- Microhoo: The end game
- Microhoo: The end gameDomain Name Microhoo Not for SaleHere's my offer to buy it and Vikram Gautam's reply. So Microsoft and Yahoo better think of another name for their merger if it will really ever happen.From: "MicroHoo Vikram Gautam" Add Mobile Alert To: (deleted)Subject: Re: i will...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-10
- Mergers and Acquisitions: IT Testing Requirements
- Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are amongst the most strategic decisions that are taken in the corporate world. Whether private or public, directors of companies that engage in the M&A arena must ensure that they take all practical steps to ensure that shareholder value is at least preserved and, ideally, enhanced...
- White papers 2008-02-10
- What is it about Microsoft that Yahoo most hates?
- What is it about Microsoft that Yahoo most hates?Not hard to understand[i]Whether or not the final word comes down today — and launches the antitrust-investigation phase of the proposed MicroHoo combination — my question remains: Why are Yahoo management and many Yahoo employees so dead-set against becoming part of Microsoft?[/i]Come...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
- Brief: 5
- Brief: 5Okay...... but if the missing prose is important you might want to quote it here. The last prior prose is: "... and only then give them the task of coming up with the integrated information systems needed for the merger to actually succeed."The problems of using non-standard...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-08
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