Deal Analysis

Red Hat challenges 'virtualization only' players with $107m Qumranet buy

Pitching itself head-to-head with Microsoft, Red Hat says the integration of OS and hypervisor is essential and requires ownership of both. Qumranet gives it access to both hypervisor and desktop virtualization technology.

4 Sep 2008
John Abbott

Deal Analysis

Open Text buys again; this time it captures Captaris

In its third acquisition this quarter, the ECM vendor takes on the struggling document capture and fax server vendor in a move that could also help it cozy up further with key partners.

4 Sep 2008
Kathleen Reidy
Brenon Daly

Sector IQ

Is Microsoft's Datallegro acquisition the start of a shakeout in data warehousing?

Data-warehouse startups have mushroomed and the space is arguably due for more consolidation following Microsoft's recent move to buy Datallegro, one of the more established of the new guard. We examine potential acquirers and targets.

4 Sep 2008
Krishna Roy

Deal Analysis

Did Expand invest a funding round in NetPriva purchase?

NetPriva, a specialist in software-based networking products, including quality-of-service assurance and WAN traffic optimization, has been acquired by Expand Networks, whose strength has been in WAN traffic optimization.

3 Sep 2008
Steve Steinke

Deal Analysis

Oracle buys former BEA monitoring partner ClearApp

Now that Oracle is building its middleware product suite around BEA's WebLogic application server, it has made a small but not insignificant deal to buy ClearApp, which got its start in monitoring software for WebLogic.

2 Sep 2008
Dennis Callaghan

Sector IQ

Built to order: what's next for the platform-as-a-service market?

This much-hyped segment could do for custom-built software what SaaS did for shrink-wrapped, on-premise software.

2 Sep 2008
Vishwanath Venugopalan

Deal Analysis

Wind River acquires MIZI Research, further consolidating mobile Linux players

The deal marks another recent acquisition for Wind River in the mobile Linux development space. How will this impact the software provider's stance? What value will MIZI provide for Wind River?

29 Aug 2008
Chris Hazelton
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Open Text crashes LBO party (again)

Two years ago, Open Text took Hummingbird out from under the noses of a buyout firm. Now, it has done the same with Captaris. So who made money on this recent deal? (Hint: It's not who you think.)

4 Sep 2008
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Buying and building at Google

Inking about a deal a month, Google has picked up plenty of technology over the past 18 months. Some of it makes it into products, while other bits become just a feature. We look at what Google is doing with a sandbox it bought last year.

3 Sep 2008
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Vertical takeoff

M&As of niche vertical social networking companies are growing popular. Amazon and Lifetime both inked deals this week. Who might be next in line?

2 Sep 2008
Thomas Rasmussen

M&A Insight

Chipping away

Looking to get its focus back on its ailing core chip business, AMD shed its digital TV chip business. The divestiture whittles off a division that came with its disastrous ATI purchase two years ago. What's next on the auction block for AMD?

29 Aug 2008
Brenon Daly