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 19, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Filed under: Best Practices | Information Technology
Tagged: galleon group , ibm corp.mckinsey & co. , intel captial

You could go to a lot of conferences on best practices in corporate development in recent years without hearing much about how to stay out of trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission. That may change given that a couple of corporate executives involved in deals were among those charged...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 19, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Best Practices | Corporate Strategy | Deal International | Divesting and Restructuring | Information Technology | Middle market
Tagged: earnings , eBay , eBay Marketpalce , gMarket , GMV , Silver Lake , Skype , StubHub , StumbleUpon

EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY), which plans to lay off several dozen people, will report third-quarter earnings on Wednesday with the Webcast earnings call scheduled for 2:00 p.m. PT. Analysts are projecting a sliver of growth instead of declining revenue, which eBay has faced for a year. They project earnings of 37...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 13, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: ACS , David Johnson , Dell , Michael Dell , Perot Systems , Ursula Burns , Xerox

When someone says "healthcare M&A", the first thing that comes to mind might be the current round of pharma and biotech deals, which   Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) kicked off in January with its $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE). But the sector is so huge -- and for many, still so...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 12, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Case Studies | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Middle market | Outsourcing | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: Affiliated Computer Services , BearingPoint , JJWild , Original Solutions Ltd. , Perot Systems , QSS Group , Tellurian

The services roll-up continues. IT services company Perot Systems Corp. (NYSE:PER), in the midst of being acquired by Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) for $3.9 billion, is itself acquiring BearingPoint Management Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd, a management and technology consulting company with offices in Shanghai and Beijing. Financial terms were not disclosed.Established in...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM
Filed under: Information Technology | Joint Ventures and Alliances
Tagged: cloud computing , Larry Eillison , McAfee , Verizon Business

McAfee Inc. (NYSE:MFE) and Verizon Business are teaming to develop products to secure information passing through the cloud. And what is the cloud? Well, for one, it's the "tech buzzword du jour," according to Olaf de Senerpont Domis, who attempts to demystify cloud computing in the current issue of The...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 7, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Information Technology | Integration
Tagged: Commerce , IT integration , TD BAnk

It seems TD Bank has worked out the IT glitches that caused it to lose customers and face -- one and a half weeks after TD Banknorth celebrated its name change to TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that rival banks such as PNC Bank received...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 2, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Information Technology | Integration
Tagged: Commerce bancorp , IT integration , TD Bank

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TSX:TD), which completed its $8.5 billion acquisition of Commerce Bancorp Inc. in March 2008, is having trouble with IT integration -- a troublesome but not unheard of side-effect of bank megamergers.For the third time this week, TD Bank customers could not see their real-time balances. Apparently, the...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 2, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Information Technology | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: Autonomy Corp. , CA Inc. , NASDAQ:AKAM , NASDAQ:JNPR , NASDAQ:NTAP , NASDAQ:PLCM , NYSE:ACN , NYSE:CSC , NYSE:GIB , NYSE:HEW , NYSE:UIS

Technology bankers, analysts and other industry watchers have been speculating on what the next IT deal will be. Here's a roundup of the possibles. One obvious, but expensive deal could be for outsourcer Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE:CSC), which has a market cap around $7 billion. CSC's name came up after...  Continue reading

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