The 4G wireless technology space is heating up, so expect vultures. Acacia Research Corporation, a massive patent holding group with dozens of subsidiaries in the business of exploiting intellectual property by means of lawsuits and aggressive patent licensing schemes, this morning announced that it has acquired ADAPTIX, a 4G wireless technology company that originally started [...]
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by admin
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IT infrastructure solutions provider Internap this morning announced its acquisition of privately-held Voxel, an enterprise hosting and cloud services company based in NYC, for $30 million in cash. Under the terms of the deal, an additional $5 million in cash could be put on the table over the next two years, subject to certain performance-based [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2012 by admin
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Mindspeed Technologies, a provider of semiconductor solutions for network infrastructure applications, this morning announced that it has acquired UK-based Picochip, a supplier of integrated system-on-chip (SoC) solutions for small cell base stations. Mindspeed is paying $51.8 million for Picochip, a mix of cash and stock, and up to $25 million in earn-out payments in the [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2012 by admin
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Akamai has indeed acquired Cotendo, one of its largest competitors, in a deal valuing the CDN and site acceleration services company at approximately $268 million. The confirmation comes nearly a month after Israeli business press reported that Akamai was mulling an acquisition of the website and mobile acceleration technology vendor for up to $350 million. [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2011 by admin
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ADTRAN this morning announced that it is to acquire Nokia Siemens Networks’ fixed line Broadband Access business, all associated services and network management solutions, intellectual properties, technologies and the established customer base. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The news comes right after Nokia Siemens Networks announced that it would be laying off [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2011 by admin
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Two acquisitions today that were for the most part executed so Silicon Valley companies could buy their way into the UK (and Ireland) market. Freshly funded location-based mobile gaming company Red Robot Labs has acquired UK-based indie gaming company Supermono Studios. Cloud solutions company Appirio, which just raised funding from Salesforce.com and other strategic backers, [...]
Posted on December 10th, 2011 by admin
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Blue Coat, which specializes in Web security and WAN optimization solutions, has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by San Francisco-based PE firm Thoma Bravo in a transaction valued at roughly $1.3 billion. Shareholders stand to receive $25.81 per share per common stock, in cash, and Blue Coat’s board of directors has [...]
Posted on December 10th, 2011 by admin
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Tekelec, a publicly-listed mobile broadband solutions provider, is to be acquired by an investor group in a transaction valued at approximately $780m (or $11 per share) in cash. The investor consortium making the buy is led by PE firm Siris Capital Group and includes affiliates of The ComVest Group, funds and accounts managed by GSO [...]
Posted on November 8th, 2011 by admin
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Oracle this morning announced that it has acquired RightNow – both companies are listed on NASDAQ – for $43 per share or roughly $1.5 billion net of RightNow’s cash and debt. With the acquisition, Oracle is adding a robust cloud-based customer service offering (see graph below) to its own Public Cloud solution – more info [...]
Posted on November 4th, 2011 by admin
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DragonWave this morning announced plans to acquire Nokia Siemens Networks’ microwave transport business, including its associated operational support systems and related support functions. The move turns DragonWave into a strategic supplier of packet microwave and related products to Nokia Siemens Networks, and the companies state they will “jointly coordinate technology development activities”. DragonWave and NSN [...]
Posted on November 4th, 2011 by admin
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