Acquisition stories - Page 187

Simon Howe returns to Acronis as Sales Director, leading the company's push into the APAC mobility market, aiming for significant growth.

Gartner reveals under 10% of enterprises have a solid info strategy, pivotal for business amid rising trends like IoT and big data.

Cisco has taken over leadership of the cloud infrastructure equipment market, just one quarter after IBM's share of the market had hit a two-year high.

Google edges out Apple and Facebook to acquire GPS app Waze for $1.3bn, bolstering its mapping services with real-time data.

New Zealand-based technology company announces plans to explore the prospect of listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange (NZX), but will it happen?.

Yahoo set to acquire Tumblr for $1.1bn, boosting its tech portfolio and aiming to let the blogging site run as a standalone business.

Vodafone New Zealand's general counsel David Kreider retains his NZD $541,000 salary after a ruling found his role unchanged despite a corporate restructure.

Telecom's Gen-i has agreed to sell its Davanti Consulting business in a management buy-out the latest step to trim down IT services unit.

Telecom said annual earnings will be at the low end of guidance because of competition in fixed-line sales and a margin squeeze at its Gen-i unit.

Auckland software company Serko plans to list on the New Zealand and Australian Stock Exchanges before September this year.

Amy Hood steps into history as Microsoft's first female CFO, taking the finance reins with a vision for devices and services.

Lenovo has exited takeover discussions with IBM over the valuation of IBM's X86 server business, refusing a USD $6 billion offer.

Wellington-based ICT company says deal will allow leverage of NetSuite capability into the New Zealand market.

Telecom denies Gen-i severance rumors as completely false, reaffirms plans to acquire Revera for $96.5 million.

Telco ramps up its data centre and cloud offer with conditional agreement to acquire privately-owned Kiwi IT company.

Gen-i offers severance packages to over 2,000 staff to fund its acquisition of Revera, hoping to re-enter the government IT services market.

World's second-largest PC maker considers acquisition of IBM's X86 server business, rumoured to cost as much as US$6 billion.

Google reports a strong start to 2013 with revenues rising 31% to USD $13.97 billion, despite slightly missing Wall Street forecasts.

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gears up for a mobile-first revamp, aiming to make the company a key player in the mobile space.

Evidently, cunning miscreants are seeking out the weakest link in information supply chains - the small business.