Mergers and Acquisitions
Symantec to buy identity and fraud prevention firm LifeLock for $2.3bn
Purchase aimed at boosting consumer offerings
In Trump, an M&A watchdog with more bite
Brenon Daly, research director, Financials at 451 Research, argues that foreign takeovers of US tech companies will be placed under greater scrutiny after Donald Trump takes the Oval Office
Microsoft-LinkedIn acquisition should face EU antitrust investigation, says Salesforce
Salesforce had also bid for LinkedIn to boost its CRM presence
Apple buys big data and machine learning firm TupleJump
Tech giant continues buying spree
What it's like to be swallowed by a $120bn monster
Aruba executive describes the pros and cons of being acquired by HPE, 18 months after the deal
After buying EMC Dell mulls 3,000 job cuts
Marketing, supply chain and general administration workers most likely to be hit
Oracle acquires cloud supply chain management firm LogFire
The latest cloud acquisition will add warehouse management expertise to Oracle's cloud portfolio
Intel buys computer vision specialist Movidius to boost its robotics and VR capabilities
Latest acquisition continues Intel's move away from the data centre
ARM shareholders overwhelmingly vote in favour of sell-out to Softbank
Running all the way to the Softbank
Apple pays $200m for AI startup Turi
Deal would help kick start Apple's artifical intelligence efforts
Motorola $1.9bn acquisition of Airwave is cleared by CMA
Motorola bought Airwave back in February
Five reasons why Microsoft should not have acquired LinkedIn
How can Microsoft justify the hefty $26.2bn price tag?
Capita buys Trustmarque for £57m
Trustmarque has been a partner of Capita's for a number of years, and was recently bought by Liberata Group
Microsoft buys Wand Labs to boost 'conversation-as-a-platform' chatbot push
Chatbots can communicate with people using artificial intelligence
Why is Microsoft buying LinkedIn?
$26bn well spent, or a glaring sign of a tech bubble about to burst?
AT&T seeking to outbid Verizon for Yahoo's internet business, report
Interest in Yahoo is hotting up
Yahoo kicks off auction for 3,000 patents worth $1bn - report
Tech company has hired Blackstone to help it to sell patents that date back to its IPO in 1996
Verizon bidding $3bn for Yahoo's core internet business, report
Deal puts Verizon head to head with private equity firm TPG
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo acquires self-service analytics company Qlik for $3bn
Third big software company acquisition this week as Qlik goes into private hands
European Commission blocks Three acquisition of O2
Consumers would have less choice and would pay higher prices as a result of the takeover
Top 10 tech corporate buyouts of 2016
Computing examines the biggest corporate acquisitions of the past five months
Oracle targets cloud at the utilities market by buying Opower for $532m
Oracle and Opower will have a suite of cloud products specifically designed for energy suppliers
Microsoft behind private equity bid to acquire Yahoo's core business
Is Microsoft moving on Yahoo again, eight years after its $45bn bid for the internet company was rejected?
Cisco is to acquire hybrid cloud management firm CliQr for £260m
CliQr was founded in 2010 and has raised about $38m from investors including Google Ventures
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