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  • Cisco woos IBM for blade server partnership

    That acquisition brought in executives such as Mario Mazzola and Luca Cafiero, who shaped Cisco's technology for years to come.Cisco's management may not have known exactly how the takeover drama would play out, but it probably wasn't taken by…
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Acquire • Stephen Lawson • Executives • Partnership • Blade Servers

  • Richard Stallman: Oracle must divest MySQL

    Earlier this year Oracle stepped in and agreed to terms for a takeover of the struggling Sun.We recognise that Oracle's acquisition of Sun may be essential for Sun's survival. Oracle must be stopped from taking over MySQL, according to Richard…
    21 October 2009
    Tags: Merger • Stopped • Richard • Migrate • Comment • Commission

  • Extreme Networks unveils new BlackDiamond edge switch modules

    Com just recorded a first quarter in which revenue and earnings per share exceeded guidance and consensus analyst estimates.Extreme's sinking stock price -- at press time it was trading at $2.45 per share, down $.42, with a market cap of $218…
    07 October 2009
    Tags: Edge • Modules • Revenue • Stock • Provisioning • Module

  • Emulex rejects Broadcom's final buyout bid

    Broadcom does not expect that the conditions to close its tender offer will be satisfied," the company said.The "poison pill" Broadcom referred to was a change to Emulex's bylaws in January aimed at stopping any hostile takeover attempt by giving…
    10 July 2009
    Tags: Bus • Markets • Transaction • Broadcom • Rejected • Converged

  • Data Domain agrees to revised NetApp offer

    The bidding war for Data Domain looks to have ended, after the deduplication storage systems provider decided to accept a revised takeover offer from NetApp.But EMC is still insisting that its all-cash offer is superior to NetApp's, which combines…
    04 June 2009
    Tags: Acquire • Domain • Cash • Ended • War • Transaction

  • IBM closes in on Sun

    IBM will acquire Sun for about $9.50 (£6.42) per share, a dollar less than the reported original price.Citing unnamed sources familiar with discussions between the companies, the DealBook column of the Times' business section reported that the…
    03 April 2009
    Tags: Acquire • York • Analysts • Comment • Journal • Finalised

Latest Features

  • ADIC throws in the towel

    It might seem to an observer that ADIC has mis-managed its offer in that it didn't manage to have a meaningful dialogue with either Overland's management or its shareholders.ADIC's management is competent and 'street smart' - in the Wall Street…
    16 November 2005
    Tags: Press • Stock • Shares • Rights • Wonder • Discussions

  • ADIC offering to take over Overland Storage

    To that end, at your annual meeting next month, we currently intend to vote our 9.28% interest in the shares of Overland AGAINST the board's proposal to increase its authorized common stock, which you have stated may, among other things…
    11 October 2005
    Tags: Letter • Board • Shares • Overland • Adic • Takeover

  • Overland circles the wagons

    Overland's board has adopted a shareholder rights plan intended to protect Overland shareholders against 'abusive or coercive takeover tactics'. It's complicated and designed to encourage a suitor to talk to the board of directors.Overland's…
    23 August 2005
    Tags: Board • Stock • Encourage • Shares • Directors • Rights

  • CNT sees big bucks in Fibre Channel over WANs

    Within weeks of the take-over the new company had announced its first product - a 256-port Fibre Channel director with built-in WAN connectivity.CNT needed to acquire new capabilities and sales channels, says Hudson: "I've thought about Inrange…
    30 June 2003
    Tags: Fibre Channel • Channels • Operation • Directors • Sans • Learned
 

How-Tos

  • Case Study: Bound to fail

    After the uncertainty in IT leadership and the takeover by Delta, there was a palpable lack of commitment to projects in IT. Final vendor selection was slated for 2000, according to Dublikar.But then, in the middle of 1999, Dublikar left Comair…
    10 October 2005
    Tags: Classic • Leadership • Selection • Business Processes • Crash • Reputation

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