Mergers and acquisitions

Micron in negotiations to acquire Elpida

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US memory chip maker to buy distressed Japanese rival
11 May 2012

Cisco to acquire data analysis software provider Truviso

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Cisco claims customers will be able to analyse real-time data traffic on network
04 May 2012

IBM to buy customer experience specialist Tealeaf Technology

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Tealeaf's tools provide insight into online and mobile consumer behaviour
03 May 2012

Oracle loses its biggest Siebel implementation to SugarCRM

IBM dumps Siebel for open source alternative with cloud pedigree
02 May 2012

MICROS Systems acquires Torex Retail for £162.5m

US enterprise applications provider buys UK-based IT services provider
30 Apr 2012

Vodafone agrees £1bn deal to buy Cable & Wireless Worldwide

Mobile operator says deal will be a boon for unified communications in business
23 Apr 2012

UK tech firms reluctant to invest in emerging markets

'Familiar' G7 markets remain attractive to UK business, according to a new report from financial advisory firm Grant Thornton
17 Apr 2012

Analysis: Technology patent wars

This week Microsoft spent $1bn purchasing patents from AOL, and its rivals have been making similar investments recently. But this flexing of corporate muscle is potentially bad for innovation
13 Apr 2012

Yammer acquires UK collaboration specialist OneDrum

Enterprise social network also looking to hire 40 software engineers in London
12 Apr 2012

Autonomy’s private cloud passes 50 petabytes in size

Iron Mountain data archiving purchase helps Autonomy's private cloud to triple in size
10 Apr 2012

Facebook's billion-dollar Instagram deal: evidence of an X-Factor investment culture (UPDATED)

Purchase of popular photo-sharing app values nimble startup as highly as 800 AOL patents
10 Apr 2012

Microsoft agrees $1bn deal for AOL patents

Software giant agrees to purchase 800 patents for roughly £800,000 each
10 Apr 2012

Amazon-owned company to move into Tech City

Pushbutton TV will join East London's tech startups, but corporate behemoths may not be welcome in the area
07 Apr 2012

Mahindra Satyam CEO says UK is integral to his business

The UK will be a focus following the firm's merger with Tech Mahindra
28 Mar 2012

Misys and Temenos £2bn merger collapses

All-cash offers from private equity firms led to collapse, says TechMarketView
12 Mar 2012

Dell acquires AppAssure for backup and storage

Dell's new acquisition provides software to support application protection across physical, virtual and cloud architectures
27 Feb 2012

Analysis: Cloud specialists – if you can’t beat them, buy them

Are Oracle and SAP’s recent acquisitions of cloud-based human capital management specialists a sign that all is not well with their SaaS strategies?
21 Feb 2012

IBM completes acquitison of DemandTec

Cloud-based analytics provider will help customers to set competitive prices
16 Feb 2012

Oracle to acquire SaaS vendor Taleo for £1.2bn

Deal mirrors recent acquisitions in the cloud space by rivals SAP and Salesforce
10 Feb 2012

Banking specialists Misys and Temenos agree terms for merger

Merger could create one of world’s largest financial software companies
08 Feb 2012

IBM finalises Emptoris acquisition

Technology giant builds on Smarter Commerce initiative
02 Feb 2012

BMC Software agrees to acquire Numara

Acquisition to enable BMC to target mid-market companies
30 Jan 2012

Capita acquires Salmat Speech Solutions

Firm continues investment in contact centres
11 Jan 2012

Atos buys 50 per cent stake in sports technology company MSL

The combined company will see 500 specialised business technologists dedicated to supporting major events
10 Jan 2012