Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 22, 2011 at 5:19 am PT
Akamai confirms the rumors, and nabs Israeli content-distribution start-up Cotendo, apparently outbidding Juniper in the process.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 4, 2011 at 8:43 am PT
Making good on
signals it floated that it might begin another acquisitive streak, IBM today said it will
acquire Q1 Labs, a Massachusetts-based security firm that specializes in using analytics to detect and flag suspicious activity on corporate networks. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but IBM said Q1 will be added to its newly formed Security Systems Unit, going after what it says is a $94 billion opportunity in security software and services.
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Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 4, 2011 at 4:45 am PT
IBM bought 15 companies last year, yet has only bought three this year. Could it be on the verge of a new wave of dealmaking? A senior Big Blue exec signals that it just might.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 3, 2011 at 2:58 pm PT
Hewlett-Packard closes on its $11.7 billion deal to acquire the British software firm Autonomy. Now the question is whether it can make it pay off.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on August 31, 2011 at 3:26 pm PT
Three billion dollars is what T-Mobile would collect as a break-up fee, assuming its merger with AT&T is not approved. We heard from the DOJ today. The FCC is also sounding less than enthusiastic.
Ina Fried in Mobile on July 26, 2011 at 4:08 pm PT
Following on the heels of objections from Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl, fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken said that he, too, opposes the planned $39 billion acquisition.
Ina Fried in News on July 22, 2011 at 10:37 am PT
A New York law firm has filed arbitration cases on behalf of 11 AT&T customers in hopes of blocking the company’s planned $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
Although the deal already requires approval from the Department of Justice and Federal Communications Commission, the firm is seeking to represent individual AT&T customers that want to bring their own legal challenges to the deal.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 20, 2011 at 2:44 pm PT
For shocked T-Mobile employees (and the rest of the surprised out there), here’s the memo that CEO Phillip Humm sent about his company’s plan to sell to AT&T for $39 billion.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 20, 2011 at 1:31 pm PT
In an interview, Ralph De La Vega tells Mobilized why the deal should get regulatory approval, how it will help spectrum crunch and why the company is confident it can integrate a giant merger and keep its eye on the ball.
