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NetRatings drops plan to buy Jupiter Media Metrix
News The Internet research and measurement firm announced plans to acquire N.Y.based Jupiter for $71m in October. NetRatings has called off its acquisition of Jupiter Media Metrix, due in part to scrutiny from the Federal Trade Commission, prompting...
[February 20, 2002, 6:31]
PeopleSoft: And the bid goes on
News Oracle's bid to acquire PeopleSoft, which started out as a raucous street fight, has morphed into a high-stakes chess game between its respective chief executives. In one of the latest twists in this battle of wits between Oracle's Larry Ellison...
[November 28, 2003, 13:40]
Onyx withdraws Pivotal offer
News Onyx Software announced on Wednesday that it has withdrawn its bid to acquire Pivotal, a rival customer relationship management applications maker. Last month, Pivotal's board of directors rejected the $58m (£33.6m) all-stock buyout proposal from...
[December 4, 2003, 13:40]
Microsoft expects EC to approve Yahoo deal
News The European Commission will wait for Microsoft to notify it of any deal it hammers out to acquire Yahoo. Microsoft on Friday said it had put in an offer for Yahoo in a combined cash and stock deal of $44.6bn (£22.3bn).
[February 1, 2008, 12:10]
IBM to buy Chinese email company assets
News Computing giant IBM has announced its intention to acquire assets from a Chinese hosted email and messaging company. Hong Kong-based firm Outblaze sells hosted multilingual email and messaging services for other service providers, telcos and...
[January 19, 2009, 14:38]
Oracle's embattled bid likely to drag on
News US antitrust officials may wait until January to weigh in on Oracle's embattled bid to acquire PeopleSoft, and European regulators are likely to initiate a more in-depth review of the deal, an Oracle executive said on Wednesday.
[November 13, 2003, 10:30]
Microsoft takeover rumours boost Borland
News In the wake of IBM's $2.1bn offer to acquire Borland competitor Rational Software, analysts have speculated whether Borland would be next in line for a buyout. There's been a quiet consolidation going on," said Forrester Research analyst Joshua...
[December 13, 2002, 9:27]
PeopleSoft ruling inches closer
News Oracle has spent $33.4m, including a $5m line of credit, on its effort to acquire PeopleSoft as of 30 November, it disclosed in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Oracle has met a US Department of Justice request related...
[December 22, 2003, 9:05]
Documentum to buy French Xerox unit
News Documentum, a maker of content management tools, plans to acquire a Xerox business unit for technology that will give its software broader access to corporate data. The division of storage giant EMC plans to announce on Tuesday that it has bought...
[March 16, 2004, 9:45]
EC says no to Oracle
News Back in November, the European Commission announced it would expand its investigation into Oracle's bid to acquire PeopleSoft. The European Commission has told Oracle that it objects to its proposed takeover of rival PeopleSoft, the software maker...
[March 15, 2004, 7:55]
Symantec to buy spam-blocker
News Security specialist Symantec announced on Wednesday that it plans to pay $370m (£209m) to acquire Brightmail, a maker of tools for blocking spam and viruses. Brightmail, which filed the preliminary paperwork for an initial public offering in March...
[May 20, 2004, 9:20]
Ulead Photo Explorer Pro
Downloads Complete Digital Photography Solution Acquire digital images from digital cameras, scanners or memory card readers Capture video clips from 1394 DV camcorders, PC cameras or video capture cards View images, hear audio and play video clips through...
[September 16, 2004, 8:00]
NIH Image
Downloads NIH Image can acquire, display, edit, enhance, analyze, and animate images. It reads and writes TIFF, PICT, PICS, and MacPaint files, providing compatibility with many applications, including programs for scanning, processing, editing, publishing...
[April 14, 1999, 1:50]
New Product Development for a Medical and Biotech Research Firm
White Papers Affymetrix is a leader in the development and commercialization of systems to acquire, analyze and manage complex genetic information in order to improve life. In an effort to promote a database standard, Affymetrix engineered a Client/Server...
[February 10, 2009, 0:20]
Phishing: How to Keep Your Business from Biting
White Papers Phishing, or fraudulent attempts to acquire passwords and financial information by masquerading as a trusted organization, is on the rise. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), the number of websites worldwide that infect PCs with...
[May 11, 2009, 9:32]
IT Due Diligence: Partnering With Private Equity Before and After the Sale
White Papers Childs (JWC) had the opportunity to acquire the Sunny Delight Beverage Co. In 2004, J.W. SDBC) through a unique carve-out of brands by Procter & Gamble. The deal was further complicated by the fact that the global marketer of juice-based drinks...
[May 3, 2007, 1:00]
An Industry-Academia Team-Teaching Case Study for Software Engineering Capstone Courses
White Papers Exposing software engineering students to newest industry practices and latest research and theories allows them to acquire and maintain the technical skills necessary to continually adjust to the rapid changes that occur in technology.
[November 29, 2008, 23:00]
Assessing End-User Awareness of Social Engineering and Phishing
White Papers Social engineering is a significant problem involving technical and non-technical ploys in order to acquire information from unsuspecting users. This paper presents an assessment of user awareness of such methods in the form of email phishing attacks.
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
NIH Image
Downloads Image can acquire, display, edit, enhance, analyze and animate images. It reads and writes TIFF, PICT, PICS and MacPaint files, providing compatibility with many other applications, including programs for scanning, processing, editing, publishing...
[December 5, 2002, 7:00]
MediaTrust Case Study: "Ringing Up Revenue"
White Papers A fast-rising mobile media company needed to maximize traffic and rapidly acquire new customers via a sustainable affiliate networking strategy. PlayPhone and MediaTrust's Advaliant realized that sharing their technology and product road map would...
[December 8, 2008, 23:00]
