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  • When earn outs can hurt

    For buyers, an earn-out can offer the owner protection against overpaying for a company that doesn't end up thriving or growing in the way its original owners expected. But caveat vendor: let the vendor beware.

    Written by Morris Kaplan08 Aug. 10 17:29
  • Adobe acquires Web software maker for US$240 million

    Adobe Systems has agreed to buy Web software maker Day Software Holding in a deal worth US$240 million, the company said in a statement Wednesday.

    Written by Dan Nystedt and Chris Kanaracus29 July 10 04:57
  • Cloud SCM vendor iTradeNetwork being sold for $525 million

    Roper Industries said Monday it plans to buy on-demand SCM (supply chain management) software vendor iTradeNetwork from private equity firm Accel-KKR for US$525 million. The transaction is expected to close later this week.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus27 July 10 03:59
  • Google buys Metaweb, chases more complicated search

    Google on Friday said it acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains a database of information that it offers to website operators wishing to aggregate content about specific topics on their sites.

    Written by Nancy Gohring19 July 10 06:16
  • EMC-Greenplum deal could precede more consolidation

    EMC's announcement this week of plans to purchase data warehousing vendor Greenplum represents a harbinger of things to come for that market, as well as related areas like BI (business intelligence) and data integration, according to some analysts.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus09 July 10 05:18
  • EMC to acquire data analyzer Greenplum

    EMC plans to acquire Greenplum for an undisclosed sum and form a new division around the privately held company's data warehousing technology.

    Written by Stephen Lawson07 July 10 07:22
  • SAP extends Sybase offer, awaits EU approval

    SAP said Friday that it has extended its US$5.8 billion bid for Sybase while it awaits approval under European merger regulations.

    Written by Chris Kanaracus05 July 10 04:37
  • Dell gains virtualization muscle with Scalent buy

    Dell is purchasing Scalent, a provider of server-virtualization management software, Dell announced on Thursday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

    Written by Joab Jackson02 July 10 07:13
  • Google buys ITA for $700M

    Google has reached an agreement to buy ITA Software, a maker of air travel flight-information software whose customers include major airlines and online travel agencies.

    Written by Juan Carlos Perez02 July 10 06:44
  • Alcatel-Lucent acquires Web mashup API directory

    Alcatel-Lucent has acquired ProgrammableWeb, which hosts an on-line directory of over 2,000 open web APIs (application programming interfaces) that developers can use to build 'mashups' of Web services.

    Written by Mikael Ricknäs30 June 10 04:50
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