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Carl Icahn Signs ‘Confidentiality Agreement’ To Look at Dell
— Carl Icahn has reached a pact with Dell Inc. that allows him to look at the company's books. — The activist investor's firm has signed a “confidentiality agreement” with the computer maker, he revealed today without providing many more details.
Mar 11, 2013, 9:25 AM–
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A Tale of Two Competitors' Responses to the Dell Buyout
— Dell Inc. 's $24.4 billion deal to take itself private has prompted two of its biggest competitors to make completely different public statements. — While Hewlett-Packard Co. openly said Dell “has a very tough road ahead” …
Feb 6, 2013, 6:50 AM–
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Michael Dell to Staff: “Exciting New Chapter”
— Here's a memo from Michael Dell to the “Global Dell Team” — Today, we announced a definitive agreement for me and global technology investment firm Silver Lake to acquire Dell and take it private. — This transaction is an exciting new chapter for Dell, our team and our customers.
Feb 5, 2013, 12:20 PM–
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Symantec Puts Altiris Unit on the Block
— Security software company Symantec Corp. has put Altiris Inc., a business it acquired for about $800 million in 2007, up for sale and is drawing interest from private-equity firms, people familiar with the process said.
Jan 15, 2013, 11:15 PM–
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Sprint Shedding Nextel Name After Softbank Deal
— Sprint Nextel is already shuttering the old push-to-talk Nextel network, but it will officially shed the name when it closes its $20 billion deal with Softbank. — In an SEC filing Monday that included a Q&A for employees …
Nov 6, 2012, 12:55 PM–
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Sprint Confirms Talks With Softbank on ‘Substantial Investment’
— Sprint has just confirmed the talks with Japan's Softbank over a “substantial investment” to be made in the U.S. wireless company. — Here's the official statement from Sprint: — Sprint (NYSE: S) today confirmed …
Oct 11, 2012, 11:25 AM–
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As U.S. Shies Away From Huawei, IPO Needs a New Home
— Huawei Technologies Co. is looking to list its stock in the U.S., but with lawmakers in Washington saying the Chinese maker of telecommunications equipment poses a threat to national security, it may be better off looking toward Hong Kong, or even London.
Oct 8, 2012, 11:25 PM–
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Oracle Buys SelectMinds To Bolster Earlier Taleo Deal
— Oracle sees the future and it is in the clouds. — After a month off from M&A, the tech giant put its acquisitive hat back on today with a deal for SelectMinds, a cloud-based social-networking company used by recruiters that will bolster its biggest deal of the year.
Sep 17, 2012, 5:20 PM–
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Facebook IPO: Instagram Closing No Longer Expected in 2Q
— Facebook delivered a new filing bright and early Tuesday morning, including a new boosted valuation for the company, but also changing the disclosure around when it expects its $1 billion purchase of Instagram to close.
May 15, 2012, 9:35 AM–
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Alibaba Seeking $3 Billion Loan to Buy Back Yahoo Stake
— Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is in the process of raising a US$3 billion loan from around six banks to buy back the stake that Yahoo Inc. owns in the company, people familiar with the situation said Thursday.
Feb 9, 2012, 1:05 AM–
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Cloud Foundry:
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Rackspace Blog:
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Hortonworks » Blog:
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Hadoop, Hadoop, Hurrah! HDP for Windows is Now GA! — Today we are very excited to announce that Hortonworks Data Platform for Windows (HDP for Windows) is now generally available and ready to support the most demanding production workloads.
Unison's blog:
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).
“Yammer sucks” — Not to be mean to Yammer, or anything — it's a very good tool for some use cases — but that's what a customer told me recently (and others feel the same way).