Here you will find all the articles with the tag: acquisition.
In this blog, Techzine reports on the latest developments surrounding VMware's acquisition of Broadcom. April 16 - The European Commission has inquired about Broadcom's heavily modified VMware licences. This shows that Brussels is heeding the call by CIO organisations (see 29 March). A spokesper... Read more
3 days ago
WordPress owner Automattic has acquired the all-in-one chat platform Beeper. Beeper allows users to chat across networks such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Slack, Instagram, LinkedIn, and more from one app. It is not Automattic's first acquisition of a messaging service. Last October, the company acqui... Read more
3 days ago
Noname Security is in talks with Akamai for a possible sale. The API security player would cost Akamai $500 million as things stand, a halving of its market value from 2021. Can API security simply not stand on its own? The two parties have yet to reach a deal, meaning negotiations could still l... Read more
3 days ago
Salesforce is on the verge of acquiring data management company Informatica. If the deal goes through, it would be one of the company's largest acquisitions to date. Talks between the two companies are said to be in full swing and a possible deal could be completed this month, The Wall Street Jo... Read more
4 days ago
Wiz is acquiring cloud security company Gem Security. Although the amount was not disclosed, the acquisition cost Wiz $350 million, according to insiders. Gem Security appeared on the scene in February 2023. It announced it was the first to be able to deliver cloud TDIR (Threat Detection & I... Read more
7 days ago
Regulators are not shy about thwarting Big Tech acquisitions. Yet Google parent company Alphabet may be willing to run that gauntlet by acquiring CRM player HubSpot. The deal is anything but certain. Reuters reports that Alphabet has met with bankers from Morgan Stanley in recent days. Topics at... Read more
14 days ago
DataStax, specializing in generative AI data stacks, has acquired the open-source visual framework Langflow. DataStax hopes the purchase will make it significantly easier for developers of all skill levels to create sophisticated generative AI tools, among other things by streamlining the developme... Read more
14 days ago
The Autoriteit Consument & Markt (ACM) has approved KPN's acquisition of Youfone. According to the competition regulator, the acquisition will not reduce competition. The ACM reached this conclusion after extensive research into the acquisition, which was announced in August 2023. For KPN, a... Read more
28 days ago
Atos' Big Data & Cybersecurity (BDS) business unit will not be sold to Airbus. After lengthy negotiations, the aircraft maker is again refraining from a takeover. The French government was strongly in favour of the proposed deal. Because the French state is the largest Airbus shareholder, it... Read more
1 month ago
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its data center capacity by inking an acquisition. Notable is that the acquired data center runs on nuclear energy. This form of energy is interesting for data centers and the sustainability of this industry for several reasons. AWS purchased a data center... Read more
1 month ago
