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- SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- SAP Trimming Head Count, "Can't Rule Out" Layoffs
- Since the world's economic crisis began in September, SAP AG has adopted a "we do not hire, we do not replace" employment policy. The early results are in. And when you exclude acquisitions (see Business Objects, January 2008), there is one area of the world where...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Yahoo: Pondering Yang's replacement; The next move
- Now that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is out, the handicapping begins. Who will be Yang's replacement and what will that choice reveal about Yahoo's future? The story line Techmeme revolving around Yang's departure is familiar. Yang took over the company at the second worst time in Yahoo's...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Ballmer: We're not interested in Yahoo anymore
- Updated: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the software giant has no intention of making a new offer for Yahoo--even though the Internet company is on sale relative to its first offer. Via ZDNet Australia Techmeme Speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia CEDA lunch...
- Blog posts 2008-11-07
- A fraud ring or social networking - it's the same thing
- Silicon.com sat down with SAS's CEO in Las Vegas this week to find out his thoughts on cloud computing, succession planning and the iPhone. SAS is unique among tech heavyweights for its private ownership - the business intelligence BI company has been run for more than 30 years by...
- News items 2008-11-07
- Russia rebuffs Google on purchase of Begun search engine
- Russia has blocked Google's proposed $160 million acquisition of Zao Begun, a search-and-contextual-advertising company owned by the Russian company Rambler Media. Russia says Google didn't provide enough information but the deal would have made for real competition. by Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- Russia blocks Google's ad company acquisition
- Google's $140 million acquisition of online ad firm ZAO Begun has been blocked by regulators in Russia, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Google told the WSJ that it was "disappointed" with the decision by the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and that it's reviewing...
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Oracle, Primavera and competitors in the PPM space
- Primavera competitors see problems with the Oracle acquisition of Primavera. The biggest issues concern the path Oracle may take to deliver its vision of an "Enterprise" Project Portfolio Management solution. See what Primavera prospects should do now to protect themselves. by Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2008-10-19
- How will Silicon Valley startups be affected by a downturn?
- Things were tough enough for startups in Silicon Valley before the credit crunch financial crisis because of extremely few exit strategies. There are almost no IPOs, and the M&A market has slowed to a trickle. The latest Wall Street crisis isn't helping. Here is a some...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Yahoo-AOL: An integration nightmare on deck
- The Yahoo and AOL merger talks are proceeding at pace and now the bigwigs are conducting due diligence. In other words, a deal is quite possible, but the integration work is going to be ugly. Boomtown's Kara Swisher reports: Now, sources tell me, the circle of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Markets for Information: Of Inefficient Firewalls and Efficient Monopolies
- This paper studies, within a formal model, market environments where information is costly to acquire and is of use also to potential competitors. Agents may then sell, or buy, reports - of unverifiable quality - over the information acquired and choose the trades in the market on the basis of...
- White papers 2008-10-03
- Does Sprint have a Nextel nibble?
- The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, is reporting that Sprint Nextel has received interest in its Nextel business from Latin American carrier NII Holdings Inc. and several private-equity firms. But this is far from a done deal. Sprint has been exploring a sale of Nextel but...
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Click Heels 3 Times and Say 'I want to IPO, I want to IPO'
- Alas Liquidity Events, I Knew Them Well.... If only wanting a liquidity event and getting it were that easy. As we say back in Texas, "'wantin' and ‘gettin' are two different things". For technology executives looking for a liquidity event for their firm, the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Why IT mergers fail
- Why do so many IT mergers fail? Because the people pushing them understand money management; not technology, not people, and not technology markets. by Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Oracle OpenWorld: Looking for some excitement.
- If you're going to kick off a conference these days - that is, when the economy is tanking and people are wondering if the doom-and-gloom is headed for the tech sector - it's probably best to give folks something to buzz about. At Oracle OpenWorld, company president...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- McAfee buys CipherTr-- err, Secure Computing
- Like every other red-blooded American I take a quick peak at my collapsing retirement and savings portfolios in the morning just to give me that extra kick to head into the office. So I pull up Google Finance to see Secure Computing SCUR is, up some 23%, one of...
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Google gains Steam with Valve acquisition
- It sounds like an announcement regarding the acquisition of Valve is imminent. Valve is the brains behind the "Source" gaming engine -- a popular engine that powers games such as Half Life 2 and Portal. Valve is also the creators of Steam, a distribution service that game developers...
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Wall Street fallout likely to chill innovation
- Usually Silicon Valley floats along inside its own world. You can call it a cocoon or a bubble but its economy is usually separated from the wider world. Obviously, the dotcom dotbomb had a massive effect on Silicon Valley and it took the best part of...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Integrating acquisitions
- Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco, explains how IT takes the first steps after an acquisition—streamlining critical processes and ensuring that whatever the new company has brought to the table is put to good use. by Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Who Is For Sale This Time?
- It seems the WLAN acquisition rumor mill is hot again after a recent drop in Aruba Network ARUN shares nearly a week ago. Still not trading near its most recent trough of $4.29/share on July 14, according to Google Finance, I am not convinced that the next acquisition announcement will...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
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