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[Posted on September 11, 2007 - 4:28 PM]
For allt the fanfare around this summer's IPO of VMware Inc., which made the term virtualization the tech buzzword du jour, it's now becoming clear that there's a lot more work to be done, and technologies to be developed to further streamline the data center. Case in point: VMware, which pioneered virtualization, is looking outside its walls for technologies...

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[Posted on September 7, 2007 - 3:37 PM]
Ever since two spectacular deals this summer — VMware Inc.'s initial public offering and Citrix System Inc.'s $500 million acquisition of XenSource Inc. — set off speculation over future dealmaking among makers of virtualization software, there's been a short list of buyers, including Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. said to be hunting for good buys in the...

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[Posted on September 6, 2007 - 4:26 PM]
Competition is spurring Business Objects SA to scour the landscape for potential purchases, and it's found plenty to bring home. The Paris-based provider of business intelligence software announced on Thursday its third acquisition of the the year. The latest purchase is FUZZY! Informatik, a Ludwigsburg, Germany-based provider of data quality technology in Europe, for an undisclosed sum. FUZZY! was founded in 1994...

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[Posted on August 3, 2007 - 11:54 AM]
Visual Sciences Inc. officials did not provide an update on their search for a buyer when the company released second-quarter earnings Thursday night, but the results themselves suggest the Web analytics firm will need to do something quickly. The company formerly known as WebSideStory reported revenues that were within the preannounced range provided last month, but management lowered guidance...

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[Posted on July 19, 2007 - 11:38 AM]
Computer giant Dell Inc. said it will acquire information technology management software provider SilverBack Technologies Inc. for an undisclosed amount. SilverBack was founded in 1999 and raised $9 million in 2002 from Prism Ventures and Spectrum Equity Partners. Dell has been dealing with an accounting investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a stagnant stock price. It brought back...

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[Posted on July 18, 2007 - 4:17 PM]
Late last year, TheDeal.com reported on the flurry of M&A and VC activity surrounding virtualization technologies, which effectively decouple software applications from the hardware on which they rest, promoting space savings and power savings and overall improved efficiency in the enterprise. As VMWare Inc. prepares to go public, there's reason to believe more M&A activity in virtualization lies ahead....

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[Posted on July 16, 2007 - 2:57 PM]
One of the larger problems associated with bringing social-networking and Web 2.0 products to corporate users is that corporate users may not want to deal with learning yet another computer program. It’s frustrating enough for most average computer users when their favorite Web sites or Windows applications change, so when faced with an entirely new way to think about...

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[Posted on July 13, 2007 - 11:46 AM]
Business intelligence software providers Cognos Inc., Informatica Corp. and Business Objects SA are all potential acquisition targets, write Sasa Zorovic and Mindy Isenstein of the Goldman Sachs Group, in a comprehensive software report published this week. Why? Because growth has slowed for these three companies, with top-line growth likely to remain in the low double-digits for the remainder of...

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[Posted on July 11, 2007 - 11:07 AM]
On Tuesday Microsoft Corp. announced its hosted customer relationship management, or CRM, product that will compete directly with Salesforce.com Inc.'s existing on-demand CRM product. Microsoft's Live CRM is scheduled to be generally available later this year, but knowing Microsoft's track record, that may be a optimistic. However, Salesforce.com might want to use its time to rethink its pricing, as...

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[Posted on July 9, 2007 - 5:03 PM]
With its $625 million buy of anti-spam firm Postini Inc., Google Inc. is following two years behind Microsoft Corp.'s e-mail security acquisitions of Sybari and FrontBridge Technologies Inc. For Postini, which had been talking to bankers about an initial public offering, the deal was likely a welcome feeling of acceptance after it watched many of its competitors in the...

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