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HP acquires Mercury Interactive

...HP announced on Tuesday that it will acquire management software company Mercury Interactive for $52 a share, or $4.5bn in cash. "I am... Read more

26 July, 2006 by Tom Krazit

No slowdown in HP's software expansion quest

...Tom Hogan. HP has bought five companies in the past 16 months: Mercury Interactive, Opsware, SPI Dynamics, Bristol Technology and Peregrine. But the company says... Read more

29 November, 2007 by Colin Barker

HP aims to automate routine IT operations

...s aggressive acquisition strategy and comprises various components from HP OpenView, Peregrine, Mercury Interactive and Opsware. HP's Business Service Automation software is a single... Read more

29 November, 2007 by Colin Barker

HP sets out next-generation data-centre agenda

...Livermore said. HP has already spent a good chunk of change on Mercury Interactive, a management-software maker, which it purchased last year. The company... Read more

9 August, 2007 by Erica Ogg

Dose of Mercury leaves HP's vision blurry

At $4.5bn (£2.29bn), HP's takeover of Mercury Interactive earlier this year was not only the biggest software acquisition in... Read more

12 December, 2006 by Colin Barker

Make your Java Web site run smoothly

...quickly give you a pounding headache. This section discusses how to use Mercury Interactive LoadRunner and SilkPerformer V for load generation, and even goes into... Read more

7 February, 2003 by Norris Shelton
<endeca_term>Mercury Interactive</endeca_term>: Riverbed Steelhead Appliances Reduce Backup Windows by 75

Mercury Interactive: Riverbed Steelhead Appliances Reduce Backup Windows by 75

Mercury Interactive, is global leader in Business Technology Optimization (BTO), is one of... Read more

23 June, 2009

Mercury to ship tuning product

Israel-based software testing specialist Mercury Interactive is to launch a product to tune applications about to be... Read more

28 May, 2002 by Peter Judge

The Bloor Perspective: Google's magic formula, going mobile, and Oracle's testing times

...such a success, the mobile workforce and why Oracle has partnered with Mercury Interactive... Google has been the recipient of some good news. It's... Read more

8 July, 2002 by Bloor Research

Mercury takes to Freshwater

Website testing and performance monitoring company Mercury Interactive has bought smaller competitor Freshwater Software in an all-cash deal... Read more

22 May, 2001 by Tony Hallett

HP puts LoadRunner in the cloud

...the performance-testing software, which the company picked up when it bought Mercury Interactive in 2006. The software, intended to help improve the performance of... Read more

21 May, 2010 by Matthew Broersma

Software is HP's fastest growing unit

...the past three years, totalling almost $7bn, which included Opsware in 2007, Mercury Interactive in 2006 and Peregrine Systems in 2005. Coupled with its acquisitions... Read more

10 December, 2008 by Eileen Yu

HP's Hogan glories in growth

...spend a lot of money on buying a market leader. Companies like Mercury Interactive, for over $4.5bn, two years ago for example. As Hogan... Read more

9 December, 2008

HP close to EDS buyout

...spending significant sums on the acquisitions of corporate infrastructure software companies, including Mercury Interactive, Opsware, SPI Dynamics, Bristol Technology and Peregrine. Combining those corporate-software... Read more

13 May, 2008 by Erica Ogg

Buyout could benefit both BEA and Oracle

The proposed takeover could resolve questions over BEA's future growth, while consolidating Oracle's status as a software powerhouse Read more

15 October, 2007 by Stephen Shankland

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