Posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy
Tagged: Cisco Systems Inc. , starent , Tandberg ASA

Given all the deals Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) does, and all the discussion about its skill in doing them, it's only fair that someone should make a contrarian case. But at least as sketched by Robert Cyran of Breakingviews on Monday, the case has a couple of holes.The most obvious...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 2, 2009 at 4:14 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Case Studies | Deal International | Growth Strategy | People
Tagged: Cisco Systems , Ernst & Young , Ned Hooper , Tandberg

Following weeks of speculation about how Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) might react to Tandberg ASA shareholders who are carping about the networking giant's $3 billion offer for the company, Cisco's strategy chief Ned Hooper came out with a blog post Monday with a bit more detail as to why...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 1, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Growth Strategy
Tagged: Denbury Resources , Encore Acquisition Co. , Jonny Brumley , Phil Rykhoek

Plano, Texas-based oil and gas company Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE:DNR) agreed to acquire Encore Acquisition Co. (NYSE:EAC) for about $4.5 billion. The deal value includes a collar mechanism, about $1.2 billion in debt and the value of Encore's minority stake in Encore Energy Partners LP (NYSE:ENP). Fort Worth's Encore Acquisition...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 29, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Trends
Tagged: Jack Henry & Associates , Jack Prim , Pemco Technologies

Earlier Thursday, we highlighted an IT services M&A watch list that Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (NASDAQ:JKHY) made as a possible acquisition target. If it were to get acquired, a buyer would have to shell out a little more since the Monett, Mo.-based company just acquired Pemco Technologies, a subsidiary...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 29, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Deal International | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Middle market | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: Amdocs , Cognizant , CSC , Dell , ExlService , Genpact , Hewitt Associates , Jack Henry , Sapient , WNS Global

Analysts are expecting more IT services deals in the wake of Dell Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) $3.9 billion acquisition of Perot Systems Corp. (NYSE:PER) and Xerox Corp. (NYSE:XRX) buying document and BPO company Affiliated Computer Services Inc. (NYSE:ACS) for $6.4 billion. Reuters gathered a list of the most likely to be acquired...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 27, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Best Practices | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Middle market | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: Cisco Systems , Dell Inc. , General Atlantic , Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Ingram Micro , Juniper Networks

Tech titans are wielding deals to battle for market share. They have been acquiring and partnering, trying to figure out the right business strategy to win customers. The data center market would make a nice little case study. There is growing demand as server farms that run corporate back offices...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Filed under: Careers | Corporate Strategy | Divesting and Restructuring | Growth Strategy | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Movers & Shakers | People
Tagged: Carl Icahn , Carol Bartz , earnings , GeoCities , Google , Jerry Yang , Microsoft , Roy Bostock , Yahoo!

Icahn has bid adieu to Yahoo!. Months after publicly battling management to sell the company to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn quietly announced his resignation from Yahoo! Inc.'s (NASDAQ:YHOO) board on Friday. The Deal Pipeline (subscription required) has more details on the Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal and earnings.Yahoo!...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 23, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Filed under: Best Practices | Growth Strategy | Middle market
Tagged: Brocade , Cisco , hewlettt-packard , Juniper Networks , Kevin Johnson , WiChorus

Tech spending is coming back but don't expect Juniper Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR) to spend on M&A. It posted a 44% drop in net income for the third quarter compared to the same period last year, but the network gear maker beat Wall Street Street estimates with revenue of $823.9 million...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Best Practices | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy | Middle market | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: Equinix , IX Europe plc , Switch & Data

Ever since Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced its bold move into data centers in March, the deals keep coming. The latest: Equinix Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) agreed to buy Switch & Data Facilities Co. (NASDAQ:SDXC) for $689 million in a tax-free cash and stock deal, expanding the infrequent acquirer into to 16...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 21, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Best Practices | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy | Movers & Shakers
Tagged: Diebold Inc. , earnings , GE Security , George David , Greg Hayes , Louis Chênevert , Rockwell Collins , United Technologies

Industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), schlepping through the economic downturn with a restructuring program that cost it 15,000 jobs and $800 million this year, plans to "keep a lid on costs until it sees revenues solidly returning," CFO Greg Hayes said to analysts. The Hartford, Conn., company expects a...  Continue reading

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