Archive for Acquisition

  • cloud computing firms in M&A spotlight cloud computing firms in M&A spotlight

    Cloud computing, or software as a service, allows businesses to cut back on hardware and space by having their software hosted in remote datacenters they access over the Web. Deep-pocketed technology firms like IBM (IBM.N) or Oracle Corp (ORCL.O) might be looking to snag deals in this area to com...

  • Cisco buys CoreOptics Cisco buys CoreOptics

    Cisco plans to acquire privately held CoreOptics, a maker of optical networking technology designed to help carriers handle an expected surge in IP traffic driven partly by the adoption of cloud computing. CoreOptics' digital signal processing technology is intended to help service providers scal...

  • CDC purchases TradeBeam CDC purchases TradeBeam

    CDC Software Corp. became the latest software maker to open its wallet for a pure software-as-a-service (SaaS) play, shelling out an undisclosed sum to acquire TradeBeam, a privately held developer of on-demand supply chain visibility and trade management applications. Atlanta-based CDC (NASDAQ: ...

  • Salesforce acquires Jisaw Salesforce acquires Jisaw

    Cloud-based CRM SalesForce.com has made a $3 billion entry into the crowd-sourced and cloud-based data services industry with an agreement to acquire Jigsaw. What that means is that data in Jigsaw is going to be available to all SalesForce users. “Salesforce.com is excited to bring the data ...