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• Vodafone and TPG merge in “challenger” play against Telstra and Optus

  Vodafone Hutchinson and TPG Telecom have confirmed plans to merge, with the combined entity set to create a $15 billion “challenger” in the market.

• RSA: Expect business as usual now that Dell owns it

  Enterprises should expect business as usual from RSA in the wake of its being swept up by Dell this week in the largest tech deal ever, with company executives saying it will retain a good deal of autonomy to carry out its strategic plans.

• The new Dell Technologies: 6 things you need to know

  Dell and EMC have completed their US$67 billion merger to create Dell Technologies, the world's largest privately held technology company. It's a historic day, far from the PC company that sponsored the "Dude, I've bought a Dell" campaign.

• Four questions about the Dell-EMC merger

  The first question is: Where’s the Cloud?

• Merged CSIRO and NICTA to become ‘Data61’

  The CSIRO's Digital Productivity group and NICTA will merge to create a new organisation called 'Data61’ but the future of around 200 support staff still remains uncertain.
  

• Optus and Microsoft partner on cloud

  Optus Business will be the first Australian network service provider to partner with Microsoft in its Cloud OS Network.

• How to stop 5 catastrophic corporate practices

  All too often I have seen businesses repeat catastrophic mistakes when implementing strategic initiatives. Here are the five most common mistakes that companies regularly make thinking they are best practices.

• M&A: Are you ready?

  How you can gear up for the changes presented by a company acquisition or merger.

• Merge and merge alike

  Given just six weeks’ notice of an impending merger and complete consolidation of IT infrastructures, the IT team at national law firm Gilbert + Tobin (G+T) had their work cut out for them.

• Fletcher Building scores 93% of Crane Group

  NZ's Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) will trigger compulsory acquisition of Australia's Crane Group (ASX:CRG) after securing acceptances from 92.7% of shareholders for its $740m offer

• HP completes $2.35 billion 3Par merger

  HP has completed its $2.35 billion merger with 3Par, just weeks after thwarting rival Dell in a bidding war for the storage vendor, HP announced Monday.