Posted on November 17, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Middle market | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: AdMob , Apple Inc. , Google , iPhone , iPod , Millennial Media

OK, it's not a huge revenue-generating battleground like Web search on a computer, but mobile advertising does offer some nice ancillary income and, if anything else, gives a maturing tech giant some street cred as still being the "cool kid on the block."That's part of the reason why it seems...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 16, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Deal International | Growth Strategy | Information Technology | Middle market | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: ACS , Ayala , Exlservice , Genpact , HCL Technologies , Infosys

After all the talk about M&A, Indian IT services provider Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:INFY) has finally bought a company. Although it's not in Japan or Germany like CEO S. Gopalakrishnan has mentioned, the BPO company is in the U.S.Infosys BPO Ltd., a subsidiary of Infosys Technologies, said on Thursday it's...  Continue reading

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Posted on November 11, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: 3Com Corp. , Hewlettt-Packard

In the fight for data center market share, Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) is the latest to make a move, acquiring 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ:COMS), a provider of Ethernet switching, for $7.90 per share in cash or about $2.7 billion. More details on HP's buy will follow on The Deal Pipeline (subscription required)....  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 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 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM
Filed under: Corporate Strategy | Deal International | Joint Ventures and Alliances | Sector Watch
Tagged: LCD , LG Display , Samsung

Executives and analysts are talking about "oversupply" in the liquid crystal display market but it's apparent the word doesn't exist in China, the cash-rich resource-hungry country. That's why, on the heels of crosstown rival LG Display Co. Ltd. (NYSE:LPL) announcing a venture for a $4 billion LCD plant in Guangzhou,...  Continue reading

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Posted on October 20, 2009 at 1:24 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Growth Strategy | Sector Watch | Trends
Tagged: Cisco Systems , Dell Inc. , earnings , EMC Corp. , Joe Tucci , Patrick Gelsinger

EMC Corp. (NYSE:EMC), easing through the integration of Data Domain Inc., reports third-quarter earnings on Thursday with a Webcast being held at 8:30 a.m. ET. Analyst takesLast week, Thomas Weisel Partners LLC analyst Doug Reid upgraded shares of the acquisitive data storage tech provider to "Overweight" from "Market Weight." He...  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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