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World’s Biggest Tech Acquisition: Google-Motorola $12.5 Billion
When Oracle acquired Sun microsoystems back in 2009, situation was similar. Oracle bought Sun microsystems that cashed out to $9 billion, was world’s biggest tech acquisition of that time. But…
Top Tech Mergers, Acquisitions of 2010
Q3 of 2010 is near its end and we’ve annual report of acquisitions by Top Tech Firms coming from various Market research firms. Most shocking part of the story is…
Intel buys McAfee – Hardware meets Security Software
You won’t see this happening everyday. The Chip giant buys a security software giant, out of nowhere. Intel, the biggest chip-hardware player, is buying software/security maker McAfee for $7.7 billion, a huge…
Google acquires BumpTop, 3D Chrome OS/Android Tablet
Google has acquired BumpTop, an application that turns your Mac and Windows Desktop into Rich 3D experience. 3D desktops can add a lot of utility to your multitasking. We’ve seen how we can…
Oracle-Sun Merger
The long going controversy over the MySQL objection raised by EU finally seems to settle down. Previously, MySQL Founder and EU wanted Oracle to sell MySQL. Now, things have started…
Orange and T-Mobile Join Hands to Become UK’s Biggest Telecom Provider
The deals like this, brings new hopes for the customers and areas where Mobile usage isn’t as dense as US, Japan, China. Today, as per the latest press release, Orange…
Ericsson to Buy Nortel Wireless at $1.1Billion, after Winning Auction
Nortel is long in news now. Earlier, we have talked about Avaya’s plan with Nortel. And today that fate of Nortel has been taken further, Ericsson has won the bidding…
Oracle to buy GoldenGate. RealTime Integration Software
GoldenGate is a provider of real-time integration software. Information Software giant Oracle is buying Silicon Valley real-time data firm GoldenGate Software, for an undisclosed sum. “With the addition of GoldenGate,…
Recession and Necessity are the Mother of Invention
Th famous Idiom of “Necessity is the mother of Invention” might see a change in future. The Recession brings cost cutting, tighter time schedules, faster deliveries, efficient utilization of resources…
Avaya Ready to Buy Nortel for $475M. Visions, Challenges Ahead
Nortel was once among the most powerful Telecom euipment manufacturer. This Canada-based company once had a stock quote of $240/share. Industry had worst for Nortel, It went down to as…
Sun-set of Innovation Took 10 minutes. End of Sun Microsystems
It’s the day that will be remembered in history as the Sun-set of one Era of Innovation as Sun Microsystems dissolves into the Information leader Oracle. It will bring a…
IBM to buy Sun Microsystems
IBM is in talks to buy Sun Microsystems Inc, sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could bolster the technology giant against rivals in the high-end computer…
