John Chambers Says Cisco Systems Is “Tough to Beat”

Slow and steady wins the race.
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Oracle Acquires Network Manager Tekelec

Oracle dives deeper into the network.
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Fusion-io Acquires Software Firm ID7

Fusion-io now owns one of the industry’s must-haves for storage technology.
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News Byte

Salesforce to Raise $1 Billion in Debt to Fund Acquisitions

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is about to go shopping for acquisitions, and he’ll have $1 billion to spend. The company just announced a plan to raise its debt by issuing convertible notes due in 2018. Salesforce says it will use the proceeds to fund “possible acquisitions of, or investments in, complementary businesses, services or technologies, working capital and capital expenditures.”

IBM Knows When to Acquire and When to Divest

Also, Big Blue bets bigger than before on Big Data.
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What LG Will Do With webOS

First TVs. Then refrigerators and signage.
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Salesforce CEO Benioff Invites Laid Off Yammer Employees to Work for Him

Be kind to frenemies. They may offer you a job.
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Oracle Acquires Acme Packet for $1.7 Billion

Oracle’s first deal of 2013.
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IBM to Acquire StoredIQ, a Manager of Corporate Data

Big Blue adds to its ability to derive meaning out of mountains of old corporate data.
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Oracle’s Ellison Vindicated in Autonomy PR Flap by HP’s $8.8 Billion Writedown

Autonomy Founder Mike Lynch Rejects HP Charges, Alleges Mismanagement

Cisco to Acquire Cloud Software Firm Cloupia for $125 Million

Appcelerator Acquires Nodeable, Boosts Mobile Big Data

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison Talks More About the Cloud

Oracle’s Mark Hurd Promises More Growth (Video)

Ahead of Big Meeting With Analysts, Another “Sell” Rating Appears on HP Shares

Eight Questions for Hewlett-Packard Software Head George Kadifa

Salesforce.com Quietly Bought an Israeli Start-Up Called BlueTail in July

Aiming to Grow Its Business User Base, HootSuite Acquires Seesmic

Apple Acquires Fingerprint Security Company AuthenTec for $356 Million

Dell to Acquire Virtual Desktop Player Wyse Technology

Cisco Appeals Europe’s Approval of Microsoft’s $8.5 Billion Skype Acquisition