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Back in the late 90s, web portals like Excite were the beating heart of the web. Then along came this young upstart Google with all their newfangled ideas and clever engineers. But before the search giant had become a giant, Larry and Sergey were looki…
TechCrunch may be famous for running stories of dubious reliability, but this one is for sure. AOL has acquired the blogging network that covers sites like TechCrunch proper, Mobile Crunch, and Crunch Base. Much as they did with the acquisition of Webl…
IBM is looking to expand its business analytics offerings and is willing to spend big bucks to do it. To prove it, Big Blue just went and dropped $1.7 billion acquiring Netezza, a provider of data warehouse appliances.
“IBM is bringing analytics to the…
Just as many imagined, Dell has finally given up its pursuit of data storage provider 3PAR after engaging in a fierce bidding war with arch-rival Hewlett-Packard for around two weeks. Once the world’s leading PC maker, Dell announced earlier today t…
Dell really wants to acquire to data storage provider 3Par. So does Hewlett Packard. As a result, what started off as a $1.13 billion bid now sits at $2 billion, and the bidding war still doesn’t appear to be over.
It all started when Dell agreed to pu…
Having just spent nearly $8 billion acquiring security firm McAfee, reports are starting to surface that Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is now eying up Infineon Technologies AG’s wireless unit, Bloomberg reports.
“Intel’s big strategy is to be …
HP and Dell took the bidding war for data storage company 3PAR to a whole new level today. Although it was a day that began with HP as the favorite to acquire 3PAR and ended the way it started, it wasn’t an unremarkable one by any means as there was…
HP’s message to Dell is clear: “It’s on like Donkey Kong.” That’s what happens when, just a week after you agree to acquire a company for $1.13 billion, your rival steps in with an offer of $1.5 billion for the same company.
In this case, HP is the agg…