company acquisition

Nokia completes OZ Communications acquisition

harminka — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:20:01 -0600

Nokia announced today that it has completed its acquisition of OZ Communications Inc, a privately held company with approximately 220 employees and headquartered in Montreal, Canada. The deal was initially announced on September 30, 2008.

Nokia to acquire OZ Communications

harminka — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:19:55 -0500

Nokia and OZ Communications today announced that Nokia is to acquire OZ, a privately held company with approximately 220 employees and headquartered in Montreal, Canada. OZ, the leading consumer mobile messaging solution provider, delivers access to popular instant messaging and email services on consumer mobile devices.

HP Completes $13.9 Billion Acquisition of EDS

harminka — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:22:30 -0500

HP today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS), creating a leading force in technology services.

Microsoft to Acquire DATAllegro

harminka — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:44:15 -0500

Microsoft Corp. today announced that it intends to acquire DATAllegro Inc., a provider of breakthrough data warehouse appliances. The acquisition will extend the capabilities of Microsoft’s mission-critical data platform, making it easier and more cost-effective for customers of all sizes to manage and glean insight from the ever-expanding amount of data generated by and for businesses, employees and consumers.

Nokia completes Plazes acquisition

harminka — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:42:46 -0500

Nokia announced that it has completed its acquisition of Plazes , a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. The deal was initially announced on June 23, 2008.

IBM Acquires Platform Solutions

harminka — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:11:56 -0500

IBM announced it has acquired Platform Solutions, Inc. (PSI), a privately held technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. PSI's technologies and employees will become part of the IBM System z business unit of the IBM Systems and Technology Group. Financial terms were not disclosed.

HP Announces Expiration of Waiting Period Under HSR Act

harminka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:50:57 -0500

HP today announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 relating to HP’s proposed acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation has expired without a request for additional information by the U.S. Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission.

Nokia to acquire Symbian Limited

harminka — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:50:37 -0500

Nokia announced it has launched a cash offer to acquire all of the shares of Symbian Limited that Nokia does not already own, at a price of EUR 3.647 per share. The net cash outlay from Nokia to purchase the approximately 52% of Symbian Limited shares it does not already own will be approximately EUR 264 million.

Nokia completes Trolltech acquisition

harminka — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:11:14 -0500

On June 5th, 2008 European Commission announced that it had unconditionally approved Nokia's voluntary tender offer for all the shares in Trolltech ASA (OSE: Troll).

Cisco Completes Acquisition of Nuova Systems

harminka — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:46:37 -0500

Cisco announced it has completed the purchase of San Jose-based Nuova Systems, a startup focused on the development of next-generation products for the data center market.

Dell Completes MessageOne Acquisition

harminka — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:28:40 -0500

Dell today announced the completion of its $155 million acquisition of MessageOne, Inc., an industry leader in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enabled enterprise-class e-mail business continuity, compliance, archiving and disaster recovery services.

Identity Systems to be acquired by Informatica

harminka — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:11:05 -0500

Nokia and Informatica have signed an agreement for Informatica to acquire Identity Systems, headquartered in Greenwich, CT. Identity Systems became a subsidiary of Nokia in February 2006 as part of Nokia's acquisition of Intellisync. Informatica will acquire all of the capital stock of Identity Systems in a cash transaction valued at approximately USD 85 million.