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Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009

Seven big tech acquisitions to watch for in 2009Oh pleaseApple buy Adobe? They would never deplete their cash that much. Adobe would be very expensive. And as for the comment about Adobe certainly selling more than half to Windows users, that's barely true, but not nearly as much as people...

Tags: Mainframes, Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Inc., big tech acquisition, tech acquisition

Discussion threads 2009-04-14

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Five ways Android could get into trouble

the only danger lies with patents owned by Apple, M$ or other trolls.Without them, the sky is the limit!Good points! Apples success, and closed software, and AT&T exclusivity are what are giving Android a big push. Verizon ONLY accepted Android on their network to combat iPhone / AT&T for example....

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Dell and Perot: What this means

Look at more than the upside to any acquisition Dell and Perot are getting married. This acquisition puts approximately 23,000 Perot services employees in with Dell. (see Larry Dignan's detailed post on the transaction ) (here's an InfoWorld post, too) From the macro view,...

Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Perot, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

Given the relatively friendly pounding I took over my Enterprise 2.0 - what a crock post, it's gratifying to see that it has stirred some interesting interpretations and thoughts on the topic. That's always good and especially pleasing when one considers that most blog posts are the equivalent of digital...

Tags: BPR, Enterprise 2.0, Re-engineering, Cohen, Oliver Marks, Business Process Engineering, Organizational Structure, Business Process Reengineering (BPR), Human Resources, It Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-21

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-14

News to know: Social media spam; Sprint; Windows Mobile; Google

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Jennifer Leggio: Snake oil at its slickest: A social media spam story Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Silverlight 3 available...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Social Media, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Communications, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-07-10

What should SAP do with its $5bn war chest?

A number of recent conversations with the financial analyst community about the ongoing tussle between Oracle and SAP have proved extremely interesting. There is speculation whether SAP will hit the numbers it has internally set itself for Q2 although nothing I hear or see suggests the company has been blown...

Tags: TIBCO Software Inc., SAP AG, SoftwareAG, OpenText, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-06

News to know: Apple vs. Palm; Windows 7; Adobe; Twitter and Iran

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Apple: Third party read Palm Pre iTunes sync can work for now Jason O'Grady: A fix for Mail...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Mice, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Sales

Blog posts 2009-06-17

News to know: Windows 7; Google Wave in enterprise; SaaS in Europe; Wordcamp;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Mager: Live: Wordcamp 2009 Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: No more three-app limit in Windows 7 Starter Edition Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft sees sense,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Storage, Software As A Service (SaaS), Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Navigon gets priced out of the North American PND market

Navigon gets priced out of the North American PND marketit's not surprising...I've never heard of Navigon before. So I did a little looking around. I found teo very short comments about three models Navigon released in 2008. The 8100T at $599 (http://www.nerdgrind.com/navigon-releases-8100t-navigator-calls-it-uber-premium/) and two affordable devices both...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, user guide, Navigon, North American PND, GPS

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Is Oracle serious about hardware?

Is Oracle serious about hardware?The tech landscape is starting to look like the oil industryWhere 3 or 4 companies own it all. Its not all bad as long as innovation continues. But i hate to see open source products whenever they get popular get sucked into the mix....

Tags: Oracle Corp., hardware, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-21

Sun sells soul for 10 cents more

Sun sells soul for 10 cents moreThis is a best fit and should have happened long time ago...As explained by Dana Blankhorn in http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4014 (Why is Oracle picking up the Sun mess?), the following single reason is alone good enough to justify this acquisition"This is a defensive move. To quote...

Tags: Sun Solaris, Programming languages, Operating systems, UNIX, Middleware, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sun sells soul, IBM Corp., Sun Sells, Java

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect sense

Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect senseYou said ..."Open source, too, may take a hit, as I don?t expect Unbreakable Linux to remain Oracle?s point on the OS arrow. Solaris will be the prime OS, meaning Oracle?s channel pipeline to Red Hat will shrink."As one WHO has a TON...

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Linux, Corporate law, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle Corp., Oracle acquisition, Hooray, acquisition, IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player

Updated: Oracle said Monday that it will buy Sun Microsystems for $9.50 a share in cash, or about $5.6 billion excluding debt, in a deal that plunges Larry Ellison & Co. into the hardware market. The company added that the acquisition of Java "is the most important software Oracle has...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Larry Ellison, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, Corporate Law, Storage, Databases, Investment, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Data Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-20

News to know: Intel, Skype IPO, Microsoft netbooks, EMC

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Intel: The bottom is in for PC demand Larry Dignan: eBay: We're spinning Skype off in an...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., EMC Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, IPO, Web 2.0, Hardware, Financial Services, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-15

News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Google

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough Larry Dignan: Enterprises thrown a lifeline as Conflicker worm looms ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, TomTom, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Intel Corp., Corporate Communications, Cable, Marketing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-03-31

News to know: Cisco, Salesforce, iPhone, Seattle P-I, Facebook, Intel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Cisco launches bid to capture the data center Cisco: Beyond the data center Larry Dignan: Cisco's...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-17

Are the new Apple iMacs a better deal than Dell and HP can offer?

Are the new Apple iMacs a better deal than Dell and HP can offer?Maybe just maybe you're biased against Macs?The difference between the 2.66 GHz dual core and and the 2.33GHz quad core in benchmarks is small but the price difference is big, plus that Windows uses more cores than...

Tags: Desktops, Processors, Operating systems, Apple Inc., new Apple iMac, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., quad-core, Apple iMac, dual-core

Discussion threads 2009-03-04