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- Why do some Tandberg shareholders want more from Cisco? Growth
- Some Tandberg shareholders are reportedly rejecting Cisco Systems' $3 billion cash tender for the video conferencing player and the reason is clear: Tandberg is delivering heady growth in a downturn. Shareholders that own more than 24 percent of Tandberg want to block the Cisco proposed buyout Techmeme....
- Tags: Shareholder, Cisco Systems Inc., Tandberg, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'
- 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 releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Polycom: A potential takeover target following Cisco-Tandberg deal
- Yep, Polycom to HPI think HP buys Polycom next: http://www.sramanamitra.com/2009/10/01/cisco-buys-tandberg-hp-to-buy-polycom/Basically, in the video conferencing market (all the way from desktop video to telepresence and other immersive solutions, and everything in between like plasma screens, etc.), the 2 leaders are Polycom (~40%) and Tandberg (~40%). Cisco, HP, Avaya, Nortel are all...
- Tags: Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), VOIP, Polycom Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Cisco Systems Inc., SIP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Polycom: A potential takeover target following Cisco-Tandberg deal
- With Cisco gobbling up Tandberg for $3 billion and bolstering its video conferencing lineup all eyes turn to Polycom, another market leader that looks ripe to be acquired. If not, Polycom is expected to be able to hold its own against Cisco. Cisco's acquisition of Tandberg gives...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Polycom Inc., Tandberg, Marchetti, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Yahoo's search strategy: We're not fighting "the megawatt war"
- At Yahoo's press event yesterday, there was some grilling about the new features in search and how much of that had to do with the long-anticipated search deal the company cut with Microsoft last month. If you'll recall, the 10-year pact between the two companies involved Microsoft...
- Tags: Strategy, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Corporate Communications, Search, Channel Management, Marketing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Broadcom ups hostile offer for Emulex; Sets July 14 deadline
- Broadcom raised its hostile takeover bid for Emulex from $9.25 a share to $11 a share and told its target that it shouldn't get too cocky about its future prospects. The message from Broadcom: Without a buyout Emulex is unlikely to see $11 a share for a while. ...
- Tags: Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Microsoft Bing: What does Yahoo think?
- Lots of reviewers, pundits and even Dancing with the Stars king Steve Wozniak already have weighed in with what they think about Microsoft's new Bing search engine. But what about Microsoft's search rivals -- and specifically its former takeover target, Yahoo? by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Search, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Kickfire: Released for all the right reasons, but with the worst timing?
- Kickfire's hardware-accelerated MySQL appliance blows the doors off monster Oracle database servers in equivalent TPC-H benchmarks in a tiny fraction of the cost, space, storage and power usage. Last week, during their press briefings the future of the company looked bright indeed. There's only one...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Kickfire, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- A conversation with Check Point's Gil Shwed
- It is RSA Security Conference week this week, which means lots of security companies are in town. Among my Monday meetings I had the pleasure of dinner with Gil Shwed, CEO of Check Point Software Technologies [CHKP], one of Israel's most successful software companies. The media roundtable...
- Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Israel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Food & Beverage, Security, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Manufacturing, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- 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
- Salesforce.com: Pondering the next 10 years
- Salesforce.com turns 10 Monday and in the last decade it has cemented its standing as a leading enterprise software vendor and leader of the software as a service and cloud computing charge. However, the next 10 years may be much more interesting. Salesforce.com, officially launched in a...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Satyam â€" Time for a real (early) Spring Cleaning
- A Holiday Gift for Litigators? Could this be the story of the year for 2009? The news about Satyam in the last few days has been disconcerting, to say the least, and it has thrown a cloud of doubt on the Indian services...
- Tags: Satyam, Upaid, SarbOx, Corporate Governance, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Real Estate, Investment, Outsourcing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, It Operations, Finance, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- Ballmer: It's ok to wait until Windows 7; Yahoo still 'makes sense'; Google Apps 'primitive'
- Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Thursday defended Vista's honor--again--but at least gave a nod to enterprise buyers that planned to skip it and upgrade when Windows 7 launches. He also noted that a Microsoft purchase of Yahoo would still make sense, but there are no talks. And he called Google...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Microsoft Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cloud Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Justice Department looking at Google closely
- Yahoo and Google entered an agreement that was designed to let Google place ads on Yahoo. That would normally be fine, except that Google owns 80% of the search advertising market already, and Yahoo was in shadows of a Microsoft takeover. That made it obvious this was an...
- Tags: Google Inc., Antitrust, Yahoo! Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's Xbox
- In the enemy of my enemy is a friend department, Netflix said Monday that it signed a distribution pact with Microsoft that will allow Xbox 360 customers to access streaming movies and TV episodes. The Netflix pact statement follows the company's set-top box effort--Netflix Player by Roku--that...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball?
- Microsoft has $44 billion or so burning a hole in its pocket, but there's one little hitch: There are few companies that the software giant could buy to get scale quickly. Enter eBay. Enter speculation. Enter eBay as the acquisition target. Sure, eBay has opened up its...
- Tags: Merger, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., eBay Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Keyboards, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- The duopoly theory at work: Will Amazon and Google dominate the Internet?
- Will Amazon and Google be the two giants of the Internet? Sanford Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay seems to think so. In a research report previewed to Reuters, "U.S. Internet: The End of the Beginning," Lindsay concludes that Google and Amazon will be the top dogs on the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Theory, Amazon.com Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Market Alternatives for Sun
- It seems to me that tech companies in Sun's position have two choices on responding to trader share price manipulation: play their game, or don't play their game. All of the "don't play" scenarios I can think of involve protecting the share price by...
- Tags: Trader, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
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