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MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about searchAdding a crappy search engine ....to another crappy search engine is not going to make MS Live better.The main reason why MS search engine is so unpopular is because it sucks. Adding another sucky unpopular search algorithm is not going to improve the...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, SEARCH, Powerset, MSFT, acquisition; Discussion threads 2008-07-05
MSFT's acquisition of Powerset is not about search: The recent $100 million acquisition of Powerset, the semantic search engine company, by Microsoft looks to be more to do with advertising than beefing up the software giants' search capabilities. So far, Powerset has only demonstrated its technology against Wikipedia. It's a neat exhibit but it is...; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Contextual Advertising, MSFT, Search, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Progress Software continues SOA buying spree with Mindreef acquisiton: I took my first briefing with Mindreef, given their neighborly proximity, about three years ago. The seasoned team had a hit on their hands with SOAPscope, and their timing in the SOA market was great. But I'm not sure the company grew as was hoped, and perhaps the fast evolution...; Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, SOAPscope, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Mergers & Acquisitions, Middleware, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-06-27
Progress makes another SOA acquisition: Mindreef: Progress Software's announcement that it had acquired IONA Technologies earlier this week was big news, but the vendor didn't stop there. In another acquisition that almost seems to have slipped under the radar, Progress also has acquired Mindreef, provider of SOA service validation and testing tools, as announced here at...; Tags: Acquisition, Progress Software Corp., SOA, Mindreef, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Daily Debrief: Yahoo's health checkup: In Thursday's Daily Debrief, CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi and Dan Farber discuss the state of the company more than four months after Microsoft's takeover bid. What do all the recent staff departures mean and why hasn't Yahoo better articulated its plan to move forward?; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, News, daily debrief, kara tsuboi, dan farber, yahoo, board, carl icahn, microsoft, acquisition; Videos 2008-06-12

Want cash? Buy SaaS: US software vendors that want to impress their stockholders with enhanced cash inflows should look to acquire SaaS vendors, according to Jérôme Fougerat, regional director of M&A specialist Corum Group, based in Seattle WA and Zurich, Switzerland. That's why SaaS companies have been holding their value better than other software...; Tags: Software, Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Europe, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-06-10
HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition: HP's to-do list following EDS acquisitionLayoffs, not performnce, then.Mr. Hurd is appropriately known for his executions.Any expected improvements for customers, except perhaps a reduction in price? Or is Compaq a good model?RE: HP's to-do list following EDS acquisitionIt will be interesting if EDS - An HP company will be...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Electronic Data Systems Corp., EDS acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., acquisition; Discussion threads 2008-05-13
HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition: We now know that HP is acquiring EDS in what appears to be an agreed bid that values EDS at $13.9 billion. Larry Dignan has the main analysis but it leaves open a series of testing questions for HP CEO Mark Hurd. As Larry points out: Overall, Wall Street...; Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Asset Management, Construction, It Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Why MSFT must make an acquisition in online media: Why MSFT must make an acquisition in online mediaAnti-economies of scaleYou can't just be a big fat monster and demand more more more.Humans are cleverer than that.MS should mitigate the importance of searchI personally believe having ad overlays on music tracks and video could be a great way to mitigate...; Tags: Engineering, Microsoft Corp., algorithm, search algorithm, Google Inc., Web page, online media, MSFT, acquisition; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Why MSFT must make an acquisition in online media: Businessweek's cover story is: "Inside Microsoft's War Against Google - With Yahoo off the table, Microsoft plans to challenge Google's online-ad juggernaut alone. A behind-the-scenes look at its provocative strategy." This behind the scenes look isn't very deep. It mostly centers on MSFT's "top U.S. salesman for...; Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Online Media, Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, MSFT, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-05-09
The four horsemen of SaaS: Taleo's acquisition of Vurv, announced today, is a clear play by the SaaS vendor for breakout leadership of the people management sector — one of the hottest segments of the enterprise SaaS landscape, populated by fast-growing startups such as recent Nasdaq entrant SuccessFactors along with privately held Authoria, Cornerstone OnDemand,...; Tags: Revenue, Acquisition, Software-as-a-service, Taleo Corp., Vurv, Software As A Service (SaaS), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Is Yahoo is best way for Microsoft to spend its cash?: Microsoft is likely to prevail in its Yahoo bid -- and most likely without raising its offer. But just because Microsoft can buy the No. 2 search vendor doesn't necessarily mean it should. Those are the results of a new poll of Wall Street analysts by Reuters....; Tags: Acquisition, Yahoo! Inc., Analyst, Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-16
A look back at Microsoft's advertising-related acquisitions: A look back at Microsoft's advertising-related acquisitionsWhat's the big deal?Any bully can take over more and more neighborhoods, as long as everybody is too afraid to stop him!Hmmm, acquisitions . . Google, Sun, IBMOracle, all of them buying some other small fish. How bully.; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, acquisition, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-03-14
A look back at Microsoft's advertising-related acquisitions: On March 14, Microsoft acquired another Web-advertising vendor, Rapt. It's clear: The Redmondians are building out their advertising portfolio through acquisitions. Microsoft was thwarted in its attempt to buy (and then block-Google's acquisition of) DoubleClick. And it's still uncertain whether Microsoft will pull off...; Tags: Acquisition, Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-14
Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisition: Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisitionthe audience is differenti doubt this acquisition is suitable for Aol - considering their positioning in the online media scape as more adult - upmarket, while Bebo audience counts on a very young and active online population, i wonder whether this will make more harm than...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Branding, Bebo, America Online Inc., Bebo acquisition, acquisition; Discussion threads 2008-03-13
Thoughts on AOL's Bebo acquisition: Rumors of Google or News Corp.-owned MySpace buying Bebo have proved to be a smokescreen for the social networking site's new owner: Time Warner Inc.'s AOL. In a statement released this morning, AOL said it had acquired Bebo for $850 million in cash (pending U.S. and EU...; Tags: Bebo, Acquisition, America Online Inc., British Broadcasting Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Steve O\'Hear; Blog posts 2008-03-13
EU approves Google's DoubleClick acquisition; Here comes the display ad ripples: EU approves Google's DoubleClick acquisition; Here comes the display ad ripplesIsn't that wonderfulEuro trash approves the merger of two American companies. Pfffttt.....I can see I may have to find a different search engine...... unless Google cans doubleclick entirely. Doubleclick is flat out intrusive, underhanded, and intolerable. If...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Euro-trash, Google Inc., illegal war, advertisement, DoubleClick Inc., acquisition; Discussion threads 2008-03-11
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...; Tags: Google Inc., Acquisition, Advertisement, Ad Serving, DoubleClick Inc., Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-11
Time to call the Red Hat-JBOSS deal a failure?: Time to call the Red Hat-JBOSS deal a failure?so we should all abandon OSS?Hi Dana,I have a few issues with your post (I was with JBoss from early 2004 until I left Red Hat in November 2007 by the way). Because SpringSource is holding user events in 5-star resorts,...; Tags: Java development tools, Mergers & Acquisitions, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Middleware, RHT, JBoss, SpringSource, OSS, acquisition; Discussion threads 2008-03-04
Additional thoughts on Novell acquisition of PlateSpin: After posting Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor? I had the chance to speak with Novell and PlateSpin once again. It is clear that the two companies had focused on different management technologies for virtual environments and that there where quite a number of opportunities for a...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Acquisition, Environment, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-03-04