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- HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook
- Cisco's painThis will cause Cisco serious pain:http://www.sramanamitra.com/2009/11/11/hp-acquires-3com/Another Wal_Mart mega corpWho really cares, these mega-corps paynothing and have crummy benefits.RE: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlookCisco vs HP vs IBM/Juniper/Brocade.Whose gonna come out on top!
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Cisco Systems Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., 3Com Corp., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Dell is going shopping: Pondering the data center and services targets
- Dell CEO Michael Dell said the company is likely to spend some of its $10 billion in cash on an acquisition that would give it more of a foothold in the data center or expand its services. The one bright spot of Dell's first quarter was the...
- Tags: Acquisition, Dell Computer Corp., Market Capitalization, Data Center, Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-29
- 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: Microsoft's outlook, emergency patch; Apple; Amazon's cloud; Yang speaks
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story posted by teenager. Bloomberg: Jobs Said to Be Targeted by Teen in Heart-Attack Tale Jason O'Grady: SEC examining teen's motive in fake...
- Tags: Layoff, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Workforce Management, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Who Is For Sale This Time?
- It seems the WLAN acquisition rumor mill is hot again after a recent drop in Aruba Network ARUN shares nearly a week ago. Still not trading near its most recent trough of $4.29/share on July 14, according to Google Finance, I am not convinced that the next acquisition announcement will...
- Tags: Acquisition, WLAN, Meru Networks, Mergers & Acquisitions, Wireless LANs, Corporate Law, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Networking, Chris Silva
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- News to know: Vista SP1; Microsoft earnings; MacBook specs; VOIP
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Select group of testers get new builds of XP SP3, Vista SP1 Larry Dignan: Microsoft earnings shine; Ups fiscal year outlook Jeff Jones err Microsoft: Vista more secure than everything Is Microsoft tinkering with Live...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Earnings, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Linux, Web Site Development, Telephony, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Notebooks, VOIP, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Networking, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Telecommunications, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-01-25
- The Microsoft reorg week in review
- It's time, yet again, to update the ever-changing Microsoft org chart. Here's another piece to add to the seemingly never-ending stream of Microsoft reorg news: Developer and Platform Evangelism DPE Chief Sanjay Parthasarathy has given up his post (as of mid-December, 2007). Parthasarathy has led evanglism of...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Parthasarathy, Microsoft DPE Chief Sanjay Parthasarathy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Structures, Microsoft Word, Investment, Finance, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- News to know: Microsoft revolving door; QuickTime flaw; NetSuite; CES; Online ads
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide's takeunder Mary Jo Foley: Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes. Another of the Microsoft old guard moves on. Dennis Howlett: Netsuite nightmares: part deux...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Larry Dignan, Apple QuickTime, NetSuite Inc., Microsoft Corp., Online Advertising, Flaw, Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Advertising & Promotion, Mergers & Acquisitions, Security, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Investment, Finance
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- Vyatta - changing the world of routers, firewalls and VPNs
- Kelly Herrell, CEO of Vyatta, and I were introduced recently. The folks making the introduction said "Kelly is CEO of Vyatta, the open source routing company. They are going to change the networking world." With that sort of introduction, how could I possibly turn down a chance to learn about...
- Tags: virtualization, Network Virtualization
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Ultimate guide to enterprise Wireless LAN security released!
- Ultimate guide to enterprise Wireless LAN security released!Thanks++I will be sure to put this good use.Most ExcellententThanks GeorgeWhile opinions may generate the most hits, technical knowledge and expertise are much more useful. Will put to good use.Ultimate guide? I think notYour guide could be summarized as... buy Microsoft and...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Technical Articles, Linux, Apple Macintosh, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-01-11
- Juniper + Symantec: Two bumbling giants reacting to marketing hype
- I am sitting on the Juniper-Symantec conference call listening to the two CEO's fling jargon and overused-hype. They talk about their "best-in-class" solutions while criticizing so called "point solutions". Somehow, Symantec's "content" plus Juniper's appliances is going to create the ultimate Unified Threat Management UTM solution. Both...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Juniper Networks Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-09-12
- Identity's gravitational pull
- Sometimes the best way to illustrate the usefulenss of the identity industry map is to watch the bits of news that roll in every day: SAP acquires Virsa Dave Kearns of NetworkWorld highlights ConSentry's identity-based Network Access Control Authernative raises 2.5mm in Series A round Symantec's CEO says that...
- Tags: identity
- Blog posts 2006-04-13
- Little Brother Cisco in China
- Cisco’s Chinese strategy is so much more sophisticated than most people realize that the giant networking company—the “gorilla” of networking—is executing a stealth program under the very noses of Wall Street and the mainstream media MSM that will have long term implications for almost every company in the networking space....
- Tags: China&rsquo, s, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-09
- Check Point Acquisition of Sourcefire Checked by Feds
- The deal between Check Point Software, the one-time leading firewall vendor, and Sourcefire is in jeopardy thanks to a review by the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States. See this Washington Post article for details. Where do these...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Blog posts 2006-03-03
- Defense worried about Israeli acquisition of SourceFire
- United Arab Emirates control of US ports is not the only deal with national security implications facing scrutiny. The administration group that's doing a 45-day review of the ports deal is also looking at the sale of a small US company to Israel's Check Point, AP reports. Defense...
- Tags: Snort, Sourcefire Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-03-02
- Searching for Check Point Software
- Many years ago Check Point Software, then the leading firewall vendor made what they thought was a good tactical marketing move. They decided since they practically owned the firewall space that they could cut out the expense of going to trade shows. The security industry has grown considerably since...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Blog posts 2006-02-14
- Don't confuse activity with consolidation
- Don’t confuse activity with consolidationEvery time there is an acquisition in the security space the news is trumpeted as a sign of “further consolidation�. Well, to me consolidation means that big companies buy up little ones like blobs of mercury sliding around in a puzzle. (Remember those?) This...
- Tags: consolidation
- Blog posts 2006-01-27
- With wireless, CheckPoint adds to its security portfolio. Can it remain a pure play?
- In 1993, the founders of a small, scrappy company known as Check Point Software Technologies were visionary enough to anticipate the explosion in demand for a way to secure the perimeters of corporate networks. By 1994, armed with a key patent, the company launched one of the industry's first--if not the...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
- Blog posts 2005-04-06
- Juniper competitor: Kagoor acquisition "not a security play"
- Juniper competitor: Kagoor acquisition "not a security play"RE:I guess the reasoning behind the Borderware spokesperson's statement is - "Kagoor's product is not a true security product hence the acquisition is not a security play". But that might be half right.I would imagine that the long term goal of the aquisition...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, security, Juniper Networks Inc., Borderware Technologies Inc., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2005-03-30
- Juniper competitor: Kagoor acquisition "not a security play"
- In some circles, Juniper Networks' acquisition of Kagoor Networks is being viewed as a "security play."A spokesperson for BorderWare Technologies sent me an email today, responding to this apparent sentiment."The problem," she wrote, is that an SBC Session Border Controller is not a security product. An SBC sits between your...
- Tags: SBC
- Blog posts 2005-03-30
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