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Dell's M&A strategy team may still be taking shape (from Corporate Dealmaker)

In a conference call Monday on Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) acquisition of Perot Systems Corp. (NYSE:PER) for about $3.9 billion, CEO Michael Dell said something that took us by surprise, and also reminded us of a couple of lessons we never seem to tire of relearning.The surprise was that David Johnson,...

Posted on September 22, 2009 12:33 PM

Yipes! CEOs conned by M&A bankers! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Attention, acquisitive CEOs. That means you, Larry Ellison of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL), and you, Sam Palmisano of IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM), and you, Miles White of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT). On Thursday MarketWatch columnist David Weidner noticed the recent stirrings in the M&A market, and he seized the moment to pull back...

Posted on September 18, 2009 6:00 AM

IBM players change, but not M&A playbook (from Corporate Dealmaker)

IBM Corp.'s (NYSE:IBM) purchase of predictive analytics software maker SPSS Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash, announced Tuesday, is a classic IBM deal.It's a bite-size (for Big Blue, anyway) cash deal in a consolidating software sector (business intelligence) that builds on IBM's previous deals in the space (notably Cognos,...

Posted on July 28, 2009 1:34 PM

As Dell eyes deals, storage targets abound (from Corporate Dealmaker)

It remains to be seen how long IBM Corp.'s (NYSE:IBM) suit against David Johnson, the company's former VP of corporate development, will impede him from taking up his full responsibilities in a similar role at rival Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL).Meanwhile, there's a new report from the 451 Group to remind us...

Posted on June 30, 2009 1:51 PM

IBM takes another shot at former corp dev chief (from Corporate Dealmaker)

IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM), locked in a court battle with Dave Johnson, its former vice president for corporate development, has filed a complaint charging him with misusing company resources for personal benefit, according to court documents cited in Reuters and Bloomberg reports.IBM is suing Johnson for violating a noncompete agreement --...

Posted on June 26, 2009 10:06 AM