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Microsoft Acquires Mobile Push Analytics Startup Capptain

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has acquired mobile push analytics provider Capptain, bringing real-time user and push analytics to Microsoft Azure. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading

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Microsoft Azure Boosts HPC Cloud Capabilities with GreenButton Acquisition

Microsoft is acquiring New Zealand-based cloud startup GreenButton, the company announced Thursday in a blog post. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Continue reading

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Lenovo to Buy IBM’s x86 Server Business for $2.3 Billion

Lenovo plans to acquire IBM’s x86 server business for $2.3 billion, the companies said today. With the deal, Lenovo gets IBM’s System x, BladeCenter and Flex System blade servers and switches, NeXtScale and iDataPlex servers. IBM will keep its System z mainframes, Power Systems, Storage Systems, Power-based Flex servers, and PureApplication and PureData appliances. Continue reading

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Cybersecurity Provider FireEye Acquires Mandiant in $1 Billion Deal

FireEye announced this week that it has acquired Mandiant for $1 billion. FireEye is paying 21.5 million shares and $106.5 million in cash for Mandiant, for a total sticker price of $989.4 million, although at the end of trading on Monday, when the deal closed, the share value had risen to push the total value over $1 billion. Continue reading

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IBM Acquisition of Aspera Expected to Boost File Transfer Speeds in Hosted Applications

IBM will be acquiring Aspera, Inc, a provider of high-speed transfer technology that reduces transmission times for large files or data sets by up to 99.9 percent, in a deal expected to close in early 2014. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading

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