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We like M&A trends here at Corporate Dealmaker, whether it involves lithium-ion batteries, oncology, BPO or several other sectors we're tracking.So it was interesting to see a day after our data center update highlighting Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD) possibly being up for sale that Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) will...
Posted on October 6, 2009 2:55 PM
We've spent the past few weeks reporting our annual feature on corporate development careers to be published in the July 6 issue of The Deal. It's the third time we've explored the topic (see our first two installments here and here), and the career paths corporate dealmakers follow in and...
Posted on June 30, 2009 10:49 AM
Cash-rich tech giants are showing signs of a willingness to open their coffers to acquire startups and rivals. The tech-focused section of our sister blog Dealscape highlighted data from the 451 Group showing conditions have stabilized to some degree for tech acquirers and potential targets alike.Leading the way this...
Posted on June 22, 2009 3:06 PM
They certainly could be, says Harris Williams & Co. managing director David Joncas, who co-leads the firm's technology, telecom and digital media group. "Healthcare IT is highly fragmented, but it's not just incumbents that will consolidate the market," says Joncas. "I wouldn't be surprised to see Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) expand into...
Posted on June 1, 2009 9:41 AM
People are talking about the burgeoning data center turf wars. EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC) chief executive Joseph Tucci said Oracle Corp.'s (NASDAQ:ORCL) $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) raises the stakes in the battle for control of the corporate data center market. Dow Jones noted that while EMC is...
Posted on April 24, 2009 11:17 AM
Corporate Dealmaker editor Ken Klee is on his way down to Florida for ACG InterGrowth. In addition to giving a strategic take on private equity as a panelist on Wednesday, he will be blogging from sessions throughout the conference. For example, Klee will tune in to a Thursday morning...
Posted on April 8, 2008 3:19 PM
In between the 5K run, tennis and golf games in Orlando, Fla., at ACG InterGrowth's middle-market summit, Silicon Valley storage software maker Network Appliance Inc. will step up to the podium to receive ACG's Outstanding Corporate Growth Award. In...
Posted on April 7, 2008 4:55 PM
Last year saw three big deals by the major players in enterprise software, as each sought to bring its customers new capabilities in business intelligence. Also called business analytics, business intelligence software enables...
Posted on February 19, 2008 1:28 PM
Wednesday's Deal Journal had some fun with the fact that Oracle Corp. reached its $8.5 billion agreement to buy BEA Systems Inc. without the help of investment bankers. The item noted that instead of i-bankers (who "can't catch a break these days") Oracle could rely on some in-house Wall Street experience...
Posted on January 17, 2008 2:03 PM
Bird makes tracks from Gap Inc.; Creighton leaves Oracle; Madigan signs on at Altiris; Nine Systems lures Green; and Franger sets her sights on Bally Total Fitness.
Posted on August 15, 2006 11:13 AM
If practice makes perfect, Oracle Corp. may one day write the book on how to integrate acquired companies without losing revenue-generating customers in the process. For now, Oracle executives could probably only pen a draft version. The database and software titan and self-proclaimed industry consolidator has been absorbing companies...
Posted on February 15, 2006 1:33 PM
How open? (from Corporate Dealmaker)
In the software industry, the open-source movement and customer demands for interoperability are changing everything.
Posted on October 15, 2005 6:05 PM
Vision quest (from Corporate Dealmaker)
As supply-chain meetings go, the session on the leafy college campus began with great promise. Seated at the conference-room table were a national electronics retailer and several of its trading partners, including a printer company, whose products the retailer sold, and the manufacturer of the chip sets used in...
Posted on October 15, 2005 3:32 PM
M&A practitioners watched closely as Oracle Corp.'s recent hostile acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc. raised, but didn't fully answer, a fascinating tactical question. Did PeopleSoft's "customer assurance programs" - contracts that would pay customers significant amounts if an acquirer stopped supporting the PeopleSoft products - constitute appropriate business protections or...
Posted on June 15, 2005 6:20 PM
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