The application virtualization and streaming technologies provide application compatibility and accelerate corporate desktop transitions to Windows Vista, Microsoft said of the technology available from its new acquisition, Softricity.
Oracle Ponders Novell Purchase For Linux
With an earnings announcement coming up on April 18th, Oracle founder Larry Ellison has been wondering whether his firm should pick up SuSE Linux by buying Novell.
MySQL Counters Oracle With A Purchase
MySQL AB, the company behind the popular open source database, has acquired Netfrastructure Inc and gets a database guru in the deal.
eBay May Not Accept Google Purchase
A sudden change in eBay’s payment policy has many wondering if this is a preemptive move in preparation of the rumored Google Purchase, which could offer some serious competition to PayPal. Conspiracy theories and lots of between the line eyeballing are rampant, even if eBay insists the changes are to enhance protection for buyers.
Oracle Innobase Purchase Impacts MySQL
As reported in several sources Oracle has acquired Innobase Oy for an undisclosed sum of money.
News Corp. Expects to Double Traffic With Intermix Purchase
Yesterday, News Corp. announced that it will be purchasing Intermix Media for $580 million in cash. News Corp. will also be getting MySpace.com, because Intermix is buying the portion of it that it doesn’t already possess.
EU Approves P&G’s Gillette Purchase
Procter & Gamble has now recieved approval from the European Union to go forward with its purchase of Gillette for $57 billion, just days after winning approval from shareholders of both companies.
Travelocity Parent Company To Purchase Lastminute.com
Travelocity’s parent company, Sabre Holdings Corp. is purchasing British rival company Lastminute.com for about 577 million pounds ($1.1 billion).
Rogers To Expand Into Local Phone Market With Call-Net Purchase
Canadian cable-television and mobile-phone provider, Rogers Communications is buying Call-Net in a share for share transaction valued at about C$330 million ($264 million).
Kerkorian Spooks Market With Massive GM Purchase
Kirk Kerkorian’s investment company Tracinda wants to pick up 5% of GMs outstanding stock. The massive purchase of 28 million shares at $31 a share would total $868 million and make Tracinda the third largest stockholder when combined with the 3.9% they already own. GM’s stock began a quick ascent as stock jumped to over $32 a share in the process.