Accenture to Buy E-Commerce Firm for $316M; Brian Whipple Comments
Accenture has agreed to purchase electronic commerce company Acquity Group for $316 million cash as Accenture aims to expand its digital marketing services portfolio. The deal is subject to Acquity Group shareholder approval and other customary closing conditions and intends to have Acquity’s 600 employees join Accenture’s interactive business group, Accenture said Friday. Brian Whipple, [...]
Dell Buys Enstratius to Grow Application, Infrastructure Portfolio; Tom Kendra Comments
May 7, 2013 No Comment
Dell has purchased cloud management software and services provider Enstratius for an undisclosed amount in a bid to bolster its public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure portfolio. The acquisition of Enstratius intends to complement Dell’s offerings such as Foglight performance tracking, Quest ONE identity and access management, Boomi integration platform and AppAssure and NetVault security [...]
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VMware has sold certain assets of software platform WaveMaker to software engineering firm Pramati for an undisclosed amount nearly two years after VMware first acquired the platform. WaveMaker aims to help developers build enterprise Java applications for cloud computing environments and different devices, Pramati said Thursday. Pramati says WaveMaker has doubled over the last two [...]
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Intel has acquired Ireland-based telecommunications firm Aepona for an undisclosed amount in a move aimed at expanding Intel’s future network and cloud services portfolio, the Irish Times reports. Ciara O’Brien writes Aepona has more than 300 employees in Belfast, Dublin Sri Lanka and the U.S. Aepona’s products included OneAPI technology, intended to help mobile carriers [...]
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Software AG has acquired cloud applications platform vendor LongJump for an undisclosed sum in a bid to boost its end-user, self-service application development and platform-as-a-service portfolios. The Germany-based technology firm will continue to develop LongJump’s products for cloud-based development and case management software applications, Software AG said Thursday. Wolfram Jost, Software AG chief technology officer, said [...]
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CA Technologies has agreed to acquire an application programming interface management and security company for an undisclosed amount in a move aimed at expanding CA’s API portfolio. Layer 7 Technologies develops its API management and security products for customers to use both on-premise and in a cloud computing environment, CA said Monday. CA intends for Layer 7 [...]
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IBM has acquired Cleveland-based software company UrbanCode for an undisclosed amount in a bid to help enterprise customers manage their applications and services. UrbanCode’s technology will integrate into IBM’s SmartCloud and MobileFirst offerings, intending to help customers develop and deliver applications for different platform and work with middleware, databases and business intelligence, IBM said Monday. [...]
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Lenovo Group Ltd. is in preliminary discussions with IBM to buy the latter’s x86 server business unit in a transaction that could be worth between $5 billion and $6 billion. Lenovo is aiming to bolster its enterprise hardware business and shift its strategy to mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, China Daily Europe reported Saturday. [...]
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Intel Corp. has acquired application programming interfaces manager Mashery Inc. for undisclosed terms as part of its strategy to transition to the software business, according to an AllThingsD article. The acquisition will move 125 employees to Intel’s services division from Mashery, which operates APIs to help developers integrate cloud services and software solutions, Arik Hesseldahl writes. [...]
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Cisco is acquiring mobile communications firm Ubiquisys Ltd. for $310 million as part of a strategy to expand its mobility services portfolio. Ubiquisys, a U.K.-based privately held company, offers small-cell radio stations that aim to transmit data within a small area to improve cellular service, Dow Jones Newswires reports. Kelly Ahuja, Cisco mobility business group general [...]
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