mergers and acquisitions

Five Questions for Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 9 at 7:01 pm PT

Leaner and meaner isn’t always enough. After a company-wide restructuring, growing profits is proving tougher than Cisco CEO John Chambers expected. You know, it don’t come easy.

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Cisco to Acquire Network Analysis Firm Truviso

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 3 at 11:50 am PT

Cisco Systems said it had reached a deal to acquire Truviso, a privately held company that provides real-time network data analysis and reporting software. The deal is aimed at boosting Cisco’s offerings in helping its customers analyze what’s happening on their networks, and how to make them run better. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Intuit Just Bought What for $424 Million? Demandforce, That’s What.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 27 at 12:14 pm PT

The newest business unit at Intuit: A software-as-a-service player devoted to small-business marketing that deliberately flew under the radar.

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IBM Boosts Big-Data Offerings With Vivisimo Acquisition

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 25 at 8:12 am PT

IBM said today that it has reached a deal to acquire Vivisimo, a Pittsburgh-based provider of data-capture and discovery software. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vivisimo has about 120 employees, and its customers include Cisco Systems, Eli Lilly and the U.S. Air Force. This is IBM’s second acquisition this month, and its fifth so far this year.

IBM Adds Canada’s Varicent to Its Analytics Lineup

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 13 at 7:06 am PT

Big Blue has kicked its deal-making up a few notches this year.

Yammer Makes Its First Acquisition: OneDrum

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 11 at 12:02 pm PT

Fresh off an $85 million round of new funding, the social enterprise start-up will acquire a company that makes Microsoft Office more collaborative. Let the comparisons to Jive begin.

Dell to Acquire Virtual Desktop Player Wyse Technology

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 2 at 5:52 am PT

Virtual desktops are in, and Wyse is the company that makes more of them than any other.

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Dell to Acquire SonicWall for $1.2 Billion

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 13 at 6:28 am PT

Hardware giant Dell said it will acquire SonicWall, a privately held maker of network security gear, for a reported $1.2 billion. SonicWall had been publicly held from 1999 through 2010, when it was taken private in a $717 million buyout led by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo and the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan. SonicWall had projected annual sales of about $220 million that year.

Insight Ventures Leads $2 Billion Deal to Take Quest Software Private

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 9 at 7:08 am PT

A big buyout caps a big week for Insight Venture Partners.

Voices

Sprint Board Walked Away From MetroPCS Takeover

Gina Chon and Joann S. Lublin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on February 25 at 3:53 am PT

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s board explored but rejected a multibillion-dollar deal to acquire smaller wireless rival MetroPCS Communications Inc., people familiar with the matter said.