Wednesday December 25, 2024

NetApp Acquires Virtualization Software Company Akorri Networks

NetApp this morning announced that it is to acquire Akorri Networks, which enables IT organizations to manage their infrastructure as a service. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, apart from the fact that it concerns an all-cash transaction. Akorri is a privately held company headquartered in Littleton, Massachusetts, which has raised $48.7 million in […]

Teradata Buys Marketing Automation Software Company Aprimo For $525M

Teradata is to acquire Aprimo, a cloud-based integrated marketing software maker, for approximately $525 million including the assumption of roughly $25 million of cash at closing. Aprimo delivers a suite of integrated marketing applications to more than 150,000 professionals worldwide, and says more than 36 percent of the Fortune 100 relies on its solutions for […]

Dell To Buy Cloud-Based Medical Data Archiving Solutions Company InSite One

Dell has announced its intent to acquire InSite One, which offers cloud-based medical data archiving, storage, and disaster-recovery solutions to the healthcare industry. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Dell says the combination of InSite One’s vendor-neutral archive software and storage services, combined with its own Unified Clinical Archive solution, will simplify data retention […]

EarthLink Buys Telecom Services Company One Communications For $370 Million

EarthLink this morning announced that it will acquire telecom services provider One Communications for $370 million, which includes payment of roughly $285 million of the latter’s net debt. One Comm stockholders have the right to elect to receive the net merger consideration in the form of cash or EarthLink common stock. The merger has been […]

CloudBees Acquires Java Platform-as-a-Service Company Stax Networks

Right on the heels of raising $4 million, Java cloud computing startup CloudBees has announced that it has acquired Stax Networks, a pioneering Java Platform-as-a-Service solutions provider. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. To date, over 3,000 applications have been deployed on Stax. CloudBees says the integrated RUN@cloud service will be available in January […]

Confirmed: Dell Buys Storage Company Compellent For $820 Million In Cash

Dell has officially announced that it aims to pick up Compellent, a provider of storage solutions with automated data management features for enterprise and cloud environments, for $27.75 per share in cash for each share of Compellent (a total equity value of approximately $960 million). The aggregate purchase price is about $820 million, net of […]

Juniper Buys Virtualization Security Company Altor Networks For $95 Million

Juniper Networks this morning announced it has acquired Altor Networks, a provider of virtualization security technology, for $95 million in cash. Juniper says the acquisition will allow the company to deliver a robust, integrated security architecture that protects both physical and virtual systems. Altor, which has long been a Juniper technology partner, offers a hypervisor-based […]

Cisco To Acquire Network Management Software Company LineSider

Cisco this morning said it intends to purchase LineSider Technologies, a privately-held network management software based out of Danvers, Massachusetts. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, and Cisco said it aims to complete the acquisition in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2011. LineSider markets software that enables companies to build network […]

E-Commerce Platform Company Rearden Commerce Acquires Ketera

Effective immediately, Ketera Technologies is now part of e-commerce platform company Rearden Commerce. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tweet This Post

Data Storage Company Scale Computing Raises $17 Million Series C

Scale Computing, a provider of midmarket clustered storage solutions, this morning announced it has secured $17 million in Series C funding in a round led by Scale Venture Partners with participation from Northgate Capital and existing investors (including Benchmark Capital). This latest round of funding brings the total raised for the company to $31 million. […]