Verizon Communications will pay $350 million less for Yahoo after two major data breaches reported by the struggling Internet pioneer.
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Broadcom calls out Qualcomm for dodging takeover talks
Qualcomm has recently said that it is open for a new meeting to negotiate an increase to Broadcom’s $117 billion acquisition offer. However, Broadcom recently called a proposal by US semiconductor peer, “engagement theater” aimed at dodging the deal. 0 2764
Oracle buys cloud software company NetSuite
Oracle has recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NetSuite. The transaction is valued at $109.00 per share in cash, or approximately $9.3 billion.
EMC shareholders back Dell deal
EMC shareholders have approved the company’s upcoming multi-billion dollar acquisition by Dell, setting the wheels in motion for what’s been coined as the biggest technology merger in the industry.
What’s in store
EMC’s Stephen Manley, CTO of the company’s Core Technologies Division, discussed some of the challenges of shifting away from tape storage at EMC World.
Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion
Microsoft has announced that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire social networking and recruitment site LinkedIn.
Riverbed announces acquisition of Ocedo
Riverbed Technology announced the acquisition of Germany-based Ocedo, a provider of software-defined networking and SD-WAN (software-defined wide-area-network) solutions.
Intel completes Altera acquisition
Intel Corporation recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of Altera Corporation (Altera), a provider of field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology.