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Will HP repeat its history by buying EDS?
HP made a lot of news the other day by announcing its purchase of EDS. This isn't the first time HP has gone on a buying spree to extend its business. Most of you probably remember HP's purchase of Compaq back in 2002. The question is whether HP has learned...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-05-14
Image: Top 10 U.S. tech mergers
Here's a ranking of the leading U.S. technology merger and acquisition deals based on value.This chart ranks the leading U.S. technology merger and acquisition deals based on value. by CNET News.com
Tags: news, tech, mergers, Merger, M&A, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, CNET News.com
Image galleries 2008-05-02
Will Microsoft go on a shopping spree or is the Yahoo withdrawal a ploy?
It certainly appears that the Microsoft deal, while dead for now, has a chance of springing back to life.  Although Yahoo shares dropped about 15% on the first day of trading after Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer announced that they had withdrawn their bid, the stock was still trading about $5...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Investment, Finance, Andy Moon
Blog posts 2008-05-06
CIOs' problem-solving skills can translate into bigger roles in the company
CIO Insight's 2008 CIO Role Survey reveals that 29 percent of participating CIOs manage another department or business unit in addition to IT. A Forrester analyst says you can expect that situation to become more common. This development is a positive career offshoot due to the perception...
Tags: CIO, Real Estate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Strategy, Business Operations, Investment, Finance, Management, Toni Bowers
Blog posts 2008-05-08
Easy PDF Splitter and Merger (exe)
Easy PDF Splitter and Merger is a simple, innovative desktop utility program that that simplifies the task of combining two or more Acrobat PDF files into a single PDF document without having Adobe Acrobat installed. Easy PDF Splitter and Merger provides unique merge methods that let you join documents in...
Tags: Merger, Adobe PDF, APANSoftware, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance
Software downloads 2008-05-12
Microsoft walks away from its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo
Microsoft has decided to walk away from its $44.6 billion acquisition bid for Yahoo. Negotiations broke down and the Redmond, Washington software giant decided that a hostile takeover -- and a subsequent nightmare integration of the two companies -- would not be worth the potential value of integrating Yahoo's...
Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management, E-mail, Free Trade, Corporate Law, Leadership, Investment, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Online Communications, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-05-03
Microsoft shows the importance of not wavering in negotiations
Over the weekend, Microsoft walked away from its takeover attempt of Yahoo. Lots of punditry has gone on since then as to whether it was a good idea or a bad idea. What's more interesting is strength of Microsoft's resolve in the decision making process. Clearly...
Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Negotiation, Free Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Tools & Techniques, Finance, Investment, Management, John Sheesley
Blog posts 2008-05-05
Ameren Corporation Powers Legacy Customer Data Integration for Smooth Merger & Acquisition Transition With Informatica Enterprise Data Integration Platform
Ameren Corporation, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has 2.3 million electric and 900,000 natural gas customers in Missouri and Illinois and is the second-largest utility in Illinois. The company wanted to convert and migrate large volumes of legacy data, through a standardized and reusable platform, to achieve a single view...
Tags: Informatica, Merger, M&A, Ameren Corp., Data Integration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance
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Barclays Stockbrokers Limited Trusts eGain
Barclays Stockbrokers Limited BSL is the United Kingdom's biggest retail stockbroker. It is part of Barclays Private Clients & International, and offers execution-only, advisory and discretionary investment services. In January 2003, BSL acquired the UK dealing arm of Charles Schwab Europe CSE. Over the next 12 months it faced the...
Tags: Barclays Plc., eGain Communications Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Investment, Finance, Management
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SAP Case Study: Van Houten GmbH & Co. Kg
The merger of Van Houten's business operations with the Gummi Bear Factory prompted Van Houten to implement SAP's R/3 System. As a successor to its R/2 System that was used across the company using a leased line, Van Houten decided to centralize its software applications. The aim was not only...
Tags: SAP AG, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Investment, Finance
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SumTotal Systems Case Study: Wachovia Corporation
Having gone through more than 100 mergers over the last 17 years, Wachovia had developed a core competency in quickly and efficiently accumulating the employees, cultures and business processes of other organizations. However, Wachovia still faced the challenge of maximizing employee knowledge and proficiency around the new products and services...
Tags: SumTotal Systems, Wachovia Corp., Regulatory Compliance, Performance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance
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Service Provider Anticipates $5 Million in Annualized Savings Through Consolidation
Atlanta-based Web.com, formerly Interland, Inc., has been providing do-it-yourself and professional website design, website hosting, e-commerce, web marketing, and e-mail services since 1995. Years of mergers and acquisitions had left Web.com with a complex, heterogeneous service delivery infrastructure that relied on dozens of legacy provisioning and management support systems. Web.com...
Tags: Consolidation, Legacy System, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Hardware Upgrade, Web Site Development, Web Technology, E-mail, Mergers & Acquisitions, Hardware, Internet, Online Communications, Investment, Finance
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Integrating Acquisitions Into a Cohesive, Efficient Whole Using Software From the SAP for High Tech Set of Solutions
Avanex is a pioneer in intelligent photonic solutions that enable next-generation optical networks. It uses cross-industry software from the SAP for High Tech set of solutions - including mySAP Product Lifecycle Management mySAP PLM and mySAP ERP - as a platform for improving processes, increasing efficiencies, and integrating new acquisitions.
Tags: Acquisition, mySAP, SAP AG, mySAP PLM, Avanex, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Mergers & Acquisitions, Enterprise Software, Software, Investment, Finance
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After Major Merger, BP Chooses Windows 2000 as Common Operating Environment
British Petroleum, Amoco Corporation, Atlantic Richfield ARCO and Burmah Castrol combined between 1998 and 2000 to form BP. This new company has a market value of approximately $200 billion and a 100,000 member staff in more than 100 countries. BP has deployed the Microsoft Windows 2000 platform to integrate four...
Tags: Merger, Environment, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, British Petroleum Co Plc, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance
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Student Relationship Management: The Key to Targeted Recruitment & Retention
This webcast explains how leading colleges and universities have dramatically improved the entire process from student acquisition to graduation with a Student Relationship Management system.
Tags: RightNow Technologies, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Digital Media, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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Innovative Indonesian ISP Turns to LightPointe for High-Bandwidth Optical Wireless Connectivity
PT.IP Teknologi Komunikasi's (IPTK's) fast-paced growth has required the acquisition of additional office space for a new state-of-the-art data center. While the new facility is only 1 kilometer from the Indonesian Internet Exchange IIX, there is a busy six-lane highway and another six lanes of road between the two sites....
Tags: LightPointe, Wireless, Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Investment, Finance, Business Operations
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Novell Case Study: ABB ALSTOM POWER (Schweiz) AG
ABB ALSTOM POWER AAP came into being in 1999, with the merger of subdivisions of the ABB Group ABB Kraftwerke and ALSTOM. The prime concern within the merger was to combine the two IT networks. The newly-formed AAP Schweiz AG took the opportunity to set up its own hardware and...
Tags: Novell Inc., Alstom, ABB, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Servers, Networking, Investment, Finance, Hardware
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HP Case Study: EADS
EADS is Europe's largest aeronautical company and the second largest in the world. It was formed in July 2000 through the merger of Germany's DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, France's Aerospatiale Matra and Spain's CASA, and specialises in civil and military aviation, defence systems and services. In order to optimise purchasing terms...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., EADS, Channel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Servers, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Hardware
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E.ON UK - Powered by HP Storage Technology
Through its Powergen brand, E.ON UK sells electricity and gas to around six million customers, it also generates enough power for around eight million homes and trades electricity and gas in UK markets. Central Networks was created by the merger of East Midlands Electricity and Midlands Electricity. Following the merger,...
Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mergers & Acquisitions, Storage, Investment, Finance, Hardware
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Oracle Case Study: ustra
ustra needed to maintain its competitive edge in an increasingly crowded market. Operating in a newly deregulated industry, the company wanted to distinguish itself by better understanding the needs of its customers. The company implemented Oracle's PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management to improve communication with its customers. After a recent...
Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., Call Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Software, Marketing
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