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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; Tags: Merger, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-01
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...; Tags: Shareholder, Acquisition, Merger, M&A, Information Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations; White papers 2008-02-10
Media mergers and acquisitions generated $110 bln in 2007: M&A for the media and information industries reached record highs in 2007 with 838 transactions and nearly $110 bln in value for 2007 - up 32% and 79%, respectively, over 2006, according to Jordan, Edmiston Group. The approximately $50 bln dollar growth in deal value between 2006 and 2007...; Tags: Acquisition, Transaction, Merger, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, NB; Blog posts 2008-01-29
m&amp;A Day: Winners and Losers: Oracle finally nails BEA, SAP completes its deal to buy Business Objects: the day started out making a lot of sense. But when I heard that Sun had spent $1 billion to buy MySQL, I had to check the calendar. No, it wasn't April Fools Day, just another day in...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., M&A, MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Business Objects, SAP AG, Open Source, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-01-17
Information Technology's m&amp;A Problem: A Briefing on IT Integration During Mergers & Acquisitions: Merger, takeover, acquisition; call it whatever one wants to but CIOs from all walks of life will likely agree, while Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activities can be exciting undertakings, they are typically rife with tension and ambiguity. As such, the guiding principles provided in this paper are designed to help...; Tags: Merger, M&A, Information Technology, Integration, Synapse SE, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance; White papers 2007-11-27

Why should investors dictate at BEA?: Last week, Larry Dignan said this of BEA: BEA is playing a dangerous game–especially if you believe no other company wants it at that price. BEA may be a leading middleware company, but the writing is on the wall: Girth wins in enterprise software. Oracle and BEA makes...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., M&A, Investor, Vinnie, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Corporate Governance, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-10-31
Content m&amp;A: Credit crunch crimps landscape: Media company deals will get done but there are potholes ahead. On a panel about dealmaking in the content space at the Future of Business Media conference, the consensus seemed to be that deals will get done, but the big fish will struggle with financing--especially if an...; Tags: Acquisition, M&A, Financing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-10-30
GoFish CEO Bolt CEO: Moving advertising from TV to Internet, Exclusive Interview: GoFish CEO Bolt CEO: Moving advertising from TV to Internet, Exclusive InterviewFour online video M&A deals in 90 days: A trend?Nice post, Donna, about the GoFish plans to acquire Bolt.Interestingly, by acquiring three user-generated video Web sites since Nov. 2006, HandHeld Entertainment (NASDAQ: ZVUE, ZVUEW) has also catapulted...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, advertisement, TV, GoFish, M&A, HandHeld Entertainment, handheld; Discussion threads 2007-02-12
IBM Software m&amp;A: The Not-So-Hidden Agenda: IBM Software M&A: The Not-So-Hidden AgendaFileNet is a horse of a different colorJosh,I agree with the crux of your position, but in my view the FileNet acquisition is a horse of a different color. Unlike some of IBM's other recent buys, which either replaced lost functionality (e.g., MRO replacing what...; Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, M&A, IBM Corp., FileNet Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-08-10
IBM Software m&amp;A: The Not-So-Hidden Agenda: The full impact of IBM's recent acquisitions won't be felt for sometime, but there's a quick analysis worth making about Big Blue's appetite for acquiriing enterprise software companies. IBM is an interesting fourth force at the top of the enterprise software market, being the only one of the big Four...; Tags: IBM Corp.; Blog posts 2006-08-10
m&amp;A Main Driver of ITIL/ITSM Adoption: Results from research undertaken by Datamonitor into global enterprise adoption of IT Infrastructure Library, or ITIL, initiatives, reveal that mergers and acquisitions are a principal catalyst driving enterprise ITIL-based implementations forward. ITIL initiatives are the moral equivalent of reengineering. While IT has never had a good track record in the...; Tags: M&A, IT Service Management, ITIL, Process Improvement, It Services, Quality, Business Operations; White papers 2006-06-02
Cape Clear CEO zings BEA on m&amp;A strategy; BEA responds: Before I disappeared for back surgery, I made note of a blog written by Cape Clear CEO Annrai O'Toole that raked BEA over the coals for acquiring BPM solution provider Fuego. Wrote O'Toole: When BEA bought Plumtree several months ago, a lot...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Fuego, BPM; Blog posts 2006-04-05
Mastering m&amp;A: The CIO's Game Plan: Few IT organizations have expertise integrating IT after mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, yet business success is dependent upon IT's successful integration. Without a well-thought-out and effectively managed plan, IT risks an incomplete integration, business frustration with its capability, loss of critical staff, higher costs, and an unnecessarily complex environment....; Tags: Game, CIO, Merger, M&A, Information Technology, Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Management; Research reports 2006-01-09
SOA and m&amp;As: the power of two, or less than zero?: When Sperry Corporation merged with Burroughs Corporation a number of years ago to form Unisys, the combine ran a series of TV ads that bragged about offering "the Power of Two." Most mergers and acquisitions don't result in the Power of Two, of course -- they more likely give you...; Tags: merger, Web, Web service; Blog posts 2005-08-17
Spring m&amp;A fever. Is something in the water?: Spring M&A fever. Is something in the water?Yahoo !!Great job :); Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Spring M&A, M&A; Discussion threads 2005-05-11
Spring m&amp;A fever. Is something in the water?: I can't remember a week in recent history when so many deals were closed between technology companies. Here's the list of what I know about. It's probably only a partial list. Yesterday, Sun acquired the assets of storage solution provider Procom Technology for $50 million and then today...; Tags: acquisition; Blog posts 2005-05-10
The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on Mergers & Acquisitions: This webcast explains the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on mergers & acquisitions.; Tags: Sarbanes-Oxley Act, M&A, KPMG International, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Investment, Finance, Government, Financial Accounting, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures; Webcasts
Ameren Corporation Powers Legacy Customer Data Integration for Smooth Merger & Acquisition Transition With Informatica Enterprise Data Integration Platform: Ameren Corporation, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has 2.3 million electric and 900,000 natural gas customers in Missouri and Illinois and is the second-largest utility in Illinois. The company wanted to convert and migrate large volumes of legacy data, through a standardized and reusable platform, to achieve a single view...; Tags: Informatica, Merger, M&A, Ameren Corp., Data Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance; Case studies