Posted on June 24, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Deal International | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Joint Ventures and Alliances | People
Tagged: Anand Chandrasekher , Conan O'Brien , Intel , Nokia , smart phones , Tonight Show

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK), which have worked together on research projects, will now turn to the task of manufacturing, collaborating on smartphones and perhaps a new class of wireless device. Intel, the world's largest computer chipmaker, will sell chips to Nokia, while licensing some of Nokia's modem...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 23, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Filed under: Careers | Corporate Strategy | Information Technology | Middle market | Movers & Shakers | People
Tagged: C.P. Gurnani , Mahindra Satyam , Ramalinga Raju , S. Durgashankar

On Sunday, Satyam Computer Services Ltd. was re-branded as Mahindra Satyam after Tech Mahindra Ltd. emerged as the highest bidder in a global auction for a controlling stake in the fraud-hit Indian IT outsourcer.Earlier this year, Satyam chairman and founder Ramalinga Raju admitted that Satyam's balance sheet was inflated by...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 12, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Divesting and Restructuring | Growth Strategy | Information Technology
Tagged: Altera Corp. , Yahoo! Inc.

CEO Carol Bartz continues to put her stamp on Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO). On Thursday she announced a new CFO for the company: Tim Morse, who as of July 1 will be responsible for finance, investor relations, and the mergers and acquisitions groups at the Internet company.Morse (pictured) is leaving a...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 8, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Information Technology | Intellectual property
Tagged: rpx corp.

If you can't beat them, pre-empt them. That seems to be the guiding philosophy of RPX Corp., which calls itself a defensive patent aggregator for IT companies. Started last fall, RPX now has 13 clients, including IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Cisco Systems Inc.  (NASDAQ:CSCO). They pay a subscription fee, and...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 3, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Filed under: Divesting and Restructuring | Information Technology | Integration

Online auctioneer eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is planning an IPO spinoff of Skype, its disappointing voice-over-Internet-protocol acquisition. CEO John Donahoe says he'd like to make the move in the first half of 2010, though as our Olaf de Senerpont Domis pointed out last week on Dealscape, the deadline is probably a...  Continue reading

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Posted on June 1, 2009 at 9:41 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Information Technology
Tagged: Cerner , David Joncas , GE Healthcare , Harris Williams & Co. , McKesson , Microsoft Corp. , Oracle

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...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Information Technology
Tagged: bankruptcy , BearingPoint , Deloitte , PricewaterhouseCoopers

Following six years of consecutive losses, bankrupt BearingPoint Inc. continues to shed assets. On Wednesday, the bankruptcy court approved the $25 million sale of certain commercial service group assets to PricewaterhouseCoopers. The deal will result in PwC owning a significant portion of the IT consultancy's North American commercial business and...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 29, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Corporate Venture Capital | Detroit Breakdown | Divesting and Restructuring | Information Technology
Tagged: honda motor co. , pioneer corp.

When the going gets tough, how do corporate dealmakers spend their time? One common task -- especially in hard-hit industries like autos -- is working on supplier bailout deals. That's the case at Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE:HMC), which Tuesday announced a $26 million investment in restructuring Pioneer Corp.,  for...  Continue reading

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Posted on April 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Trends
Tagged: Horizon Data Center Solutions , Lance A. Smith , Mareechi

It isn't just the big guns -- namely Oracle Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. -- who are firing to get position in the data center market.  Continue reading

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Posted on April 20, 2009 at 8:49 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Trends
Tagged: Hewlett-Packard , IBM , Java , Oracle Corp. , Safra Catz , Solaris , Sun Microsystems

Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) surprised techies Monday, announcing it would acquire Sun Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) for $7.4 billion in cash, a 42% premium to Sun's Friday close. The deal moves Oracle into the hardware market in a big way. ZDnet.com says Oracle has been dabbling in storage appliance with Hewlett-Packard...  Continue reading

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