Tag: Acquisition
IBM buys Red Hat for $34 billion. Here’s why | Analysis
Services giant IBM is to acquire Linux distributor Red Hat for $34 billion, in the third largest technology deal in history.
The 25-year-old Linux distie...
ARM hunts for IoT riches with Treasure Data buy | Analysis
ARM Holdings, the UK-based chipmaker owned by Japanese technology and investment conglomerate SoftBank, is on the cusp of buying US data analytics start-up Treasure...
Nokia doubles down on IoT with SpaceTime Insight aqcuisition
A matter of days after announcing the closure of its Digital Health division, diversified Finnish communications giant Nokia has doubled down in another of...
Kerching! Amazon pays $1 billion for a doorbell. Smart idea?
Amazon has bolstered its smart home offering with the acquisition of Ring, a California-based maker of video doorbells and security cameras, in a deal thought to...
Cuckoo! Google flies Nest into its hardware division
Google is to absorb smart devices vendor Nest into its internal hardware team, in a reversal of previous strategy.
Google's head of hardware, Rick Osterloh,...
Arrow Electronics steps up IoT focus with eInfochips acquisition
Global electronics component distributer Arrow Electronics has acquired product engineering and software services company eInfochips for a reported $284 million.
EInfochips has headquarters in both...
Sierra Wireless to acquire Numerex to boost IoT capabilities
Sierra Wireless, the Canadian wireless communications designer and manufacturer, is to acquire managed Internet of Things (IoT) products and services provider Numerex for $107m.
According...
Cisco swoops to purchase AppDynamics for $3.7 billion days before IPO
Technology giant Cisco has succeeded in a last-minute bid to purchase AppDynamics, agreeing a deal hours before the latter was expected to launch an...