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    Do software customers actually care about the impact of provider's mergers and acquisitions, or are they just too far from the crux of business.

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    Tech analyst heavyweight Forrester Research just got a little bigger.

  • EDS shareholders approve HP buy

    Electronic Data Systems shareholders today approved a tie-up with Hewlett-Packard, voting almost unanimously to go through with the US$13.9 billion (AU$14.73 billion) takeover.

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    Diversified technology services firm UXC has bolstered its engineering division with the acquisition of billing and metering firm Datec Queensland.

  • Top five tech takeovers that shook the world

    Microsoft last week launched a hostile US$44.6bn takeover bid to buy Web giant Yahoo. If the deal goes ahead it will be the latest in a line of multibillion-dollar mergers and acquisitions the tech sector has witnessed in recent years.

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  • Mergers and acquisitions: do they really matter?

    Do software customers actually care about the impact of provider's mergers and acquisitions, or are they just too far from the crux of business.

  • High-tech megamergers: Still make sense?

    Fuelled by Oracle's acquisition of Siebel Systems, Silicon Valley once again asks itself if megamergers are good for the industry.

  • Technology's growing acquisition appetite

    Supersize me. If technology companies ranging from software powerhouse Oracle to fast-growing Net hotshot Skype could share a motto, it would be that oft-ridiculed fast-food pitch.

  • Siebel and Ellison: Software's odd couple

    Few people in the high-tech industry have feuded as openly as Oracle's flamboyant CEO Lawrence Ellison and Thomas Siebel, the co-founder and chairman of rival enterprise software maker Siebel Systems.

  • M&A; Marry in haste, repent at leisure

    Don't rush into a Vegas-style marriage when acquiring a company, warns Ram Gupta of PeopleSoft. Take your time and get to know each other properly during the 'dating' phase.

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