Marin Software, a startup that creates search engine management software for advertisers and agencies, is now offering advanced applications for advertising on Facebook. Marin’s Search Marketer platform now offers advertisers and agencies the ability to manage Facebook Ads alongside paid search programs on Google, Yahoo!, and Bing. Advanced solutions for Facebook include algorithmic bidding, audience […]
Posted on August 17th, 2010 by admin
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Dell has agreed to acquire 3PAR, a competitor to the likes of IBM, HP, EMC and Hitachi in the data storage and management space. The transaction is valued at $18 per share in cash – marking a 86.5% premium to company’s Friday closing price of $9.65 – or approximately $1.13 billion. 3PAR provides a virtualized […]
Posted on August 17th, 2010 by admin
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Intel has just announced that it will acquire Texas Instruments’ cable modem product line. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010, were not disclosed. Unsurprisingly, Intel says the acquisition will help further its foray into providing chips to the cable and consumer electronics industries. Intel wants to […]
Posted on August 16th, 2010 by admin
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India’s government is the latest in a long list of national governments that have recently threatened to shut down BlackBerry services over security issues. The United Arab Emirates has said it will halt Blackberry Messenger, e-mail, and Web browsing starting October 11. Indonesia and Saudi Arabia also threatened to block BlackBerry Messenger service. Saudi Arabia […]
Posted on August 13th, 2010 by admin
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Only days after buying DataCap, Big Blue has made another purchase. IBM is acquiring marketing software giant Unica approximately $480 million, or approximately $21 per share. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010. Unica, a publicly held company that traded on the Nasdaq exchange, develops an enterprise marketing management software […]
Posted on August 13th, 2010 by admin
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Cloud-based storage and sharing application Box.net has focused on offering its content management system wherever the workforce is, whether that be in the office, or on a mobile device. The startup offers iPhone and iPad apps, that allow users to access, share and collaborate on the go. Today, Box is upgrading its iPhone and iPad […]
Posted on August 11th, 2010 by admin
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IBM has acquired Datacap, a company that provides a data and document capturing and processing software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Datacap software automates image and data entry from a variety of documents and forms, including medical claims, tax returns and highly variable documents such as invoices and shipping documents for more precise […]
Posted on August 10th, 2010 by admin
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Todays IT infrastructure is complex. The number of IT assets in the infrastructure that an enterprise level organisation must manage can be overwhelming – different platforms, devices, servers, applications databases and more. And the sheer volume of activity that occurs in this infrastructure is almost too large to imagine. Many organisations have technology located in […]
Posted on August 8th, 2010 by admin
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It’s no secret that Microsoft and Salesforce just plain don’t like each other (remember when Microsoft communications head Frank Shaw basically said that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is obsessed with them?). In fact, the two companies have spent the last year suing one another over patents. But today they’re announcing that they’ve settled the suit. […]
Posted on August 4th, 2010 by admin
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