All posts tagged acquisition

July 31, 2008 · 1 Comment

There We Go Again: EMC Shares Rise On Acquisition Rumors

This is one rumor that just keeps coming back: Reuters is reporting that EMC shares rose as much as 6.3 percent yesterday on market speculation that the world’s largest maker of corporate storage equipment could be acquired. The company stills holds a majority stake in virtualization juggernaut VMware.

Double-Take Software Picks Up emBoot for $10 Million in Cash

July 30, 2008 · 1 Comment

Double-Take Software announced (PDF) today the acquisition of emBoot, experts in network booting technology. emBoot network boot technologies allow organizations to easily assign and re-assign

Breaking: VMware To Acquire B-hive Networks

May 28, 2008 · No comments

VMware today announced (PDF) it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire B-hive Networks, a privately-held application performance management software company with headquarters in

IBM / Cisco Eyeing Acquisition of Citrix?

April 9, 2008 · No comments

Good thing we have a 'Rumors' category to assign to this type of speculations: several news outlets are running a story about Citrix possibly being an acquisition

Follow-up On Our April Fool’s Joke On Sun Acquiring Parallels

April 7, 2008 · 2 Comments

By now, you may have heard about the prank post we published on April Fool's Day about Sun acquiring Parallels for $ 205 million. While the story

Sun Microsystems To Acquire Parallels For $ 205 Million (Updated)

April 1, 2008 · 23 Comments

Looks like that Parallels IPO won't be happening after all. Sun Microsystems has today announced it has reached an agreement to acquire Parallels (formerly SWsoft) and

Novell Picks Up PlateSpin For $ 205 Million in Cash

February 25, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today, Novell announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PlateSpin for $205 million using current cash. The acquisition is expected to

Funding For CiRBA and Virtual Iron, Dell Completes Acquisition of EqualLogic

January 29, 2008 · 1 Comment

More interesting news today: CiRBA Raises $12 Million With Sigma Partners

CiRBA Inc., today announced that it has raised $12 million in its second round

Acquisition Mania: Quest Software Snaps Up Vizioncore

January 22, 2008 · No comments

Ain't no stopping the flurry of acquisition spree we're witnessing lately in the virtualization space. As reported by many media already, Quest Software Inc . has completed

Microsoft Betting Big on Virtualization; Acquires Calista Technologies. Citrix Up Next?

January 21, 2008 · 2 Comments

Microsoft plans to announce today what it calls a companywide strategy to accelerate broad adoption of virtualization by its customers. As part of the its new approach,