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Google, Apple plan mobile ad attack

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Middle market | Sector Watch | Trends
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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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Infosys finally makes a buy

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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'3Com's gonna be bought. Shhh'

Posted on November 13, 2009 at 3:50 PM
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Were options traders lucky? Did Goldman, Sachs & Co. (NYSE:GS) tip them? Speculation and rumor are flying in the wake of call-option trading on 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ:COMS) jumping to a 26-month high before Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) announced it would acquire 3Com, a provider of Ethernet switching, for $7.90 per...  Continue reading
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3Com's gone, who's next?

Posted on November 11, 2009 at 4:51 PM
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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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AdMob a tasty target

Posted on November 10, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Best Practices | Corporate Strategy | Middle market | Trends
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San Mateo, Calif.-based mobile phone advertising company AdMob Inc., which has a client list that includes Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) and Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO), made itself a more attractive acquisition target when it acquired up-and-coming rival AdWhirl in August. And with the potential for growth in the mobile ad market,...  Continue reading
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Northrop Grumman to sell Tasc

Posted on November 8, 2009 at 5:47 PM
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Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) said Sunday it is selling its military intelligence unit Tasc Inc. for $1.65 billion in cash to an investor group led by General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.In a similar deal last year, Carlyle Group paid $2.5 billion for...  Continue reading
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Corporate layoffs: J&J, Nokia JV and much more

Corporate layoffs are churning this earnings season, with companies trying to cut costs while growing their core businesses. We've gathered a list of pink slippers from the past couple weeks. Of course, aggressively cutting costs is only one side of recent corporate strategy. Downsizing while acquiring has been a frequent...  Continue reading
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Jack Henry & Associates buys Pemco Tech

Posted on October 29, 2009 at 3:34 PM
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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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Potential IT services acquisition targets

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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Dell-Juniper deal a shot at Cisco

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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