Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Thursday, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer said his company was on the prowl for acquisitions that made strategic sense.
Hewlett-Packard is in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems, the companies confirmed on Monday.
SAP announced Sunday afternoon it plans to acquire Business Objects in a cash deal valued at slightly more than US$6.8 billion.
Technology mergers and acquisitions in Europe have reached their highest-ever level of activity, with the value of deals topping US$220 billion in the first half of 2006.
Symantec is intent on making more strategic acquisitions this year and will follow its Veritas Software buy with a large deal approximately every 18 months, a top company executive said.
HP this week staged its first software forum for the Asia Pacific region at the Hilton Hotel in Sydney.
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SAP announced on Monday plans to acquire Virsa Systems, a regulatory-compliance and risk-management software company.
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Patchlink's international senior vice president Andrew Clarke told ZDNet Australia that the company is taking a slightly new direction after acquiring a vulnerability management company earlier this year. Clarke also admitted that the company is likely to change its name within a few months.
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Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.
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Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to more tightly integrate the development of Windows, Office and its other programs--and much of these efforts are tied to Longhorn.
The security software specialist buys anti-spam company Deersoft, the first in a series of planned acquisitions by the company to help people thwart unsolicited e-mail.
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