"mergers & acquisitions" news, interviews, and features

News about mergers & acquisitions

• Cisco acquires OpenStack pioneer Piston Cloud

  Cisco this week announced intentions to acquire Piston Cloud Computing, its second OpenStack cloud computing buyout in less than a year.

• Cisco, Chambers looking for one last shot at VMware?

  Nutanix acquisition would be Chambers last official aggression, analyst writes.

• Cisco: Deal for Tropo will ease integration of communication into cloud apps

• Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent just as John Chambers predicted

  Cisco CEO said there would be " brutal" consolidation coming

• What's behind Microsoft's not-so-crazy startup spending spree

  Microsoft so far this year has been the most acquisitive company in enterprise IT, snapping up at least four firms on top of four others ...

• Blue Coat Systems gets flipped for $2.4 billion

  Security vendor Blue Coat Systems being sold by one private equity firm to another as it is prepped to go public again.

Features about mergers & acquisitions

• SAP-Sybase: What to expect in the first 90 days

  The vendor needs to deliver specifics on its mobility strategy, analysts say