In a recessionary year not everyone has cash to spend on acquisitions, but cash-rich companies can gain advantages by making big strategic moves and taking advantage of bargains. Big movers this year include Cisco and Oracle, certainly. But here are our picks for the biggest and most significant technology acquisitions so far in 2009.
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8 Significant Technology Acquisitions of 2009(plus one that didn’t happen)
By Jessica Davis
8 Significant Technology Acquisitions of 2009 (plus one that didn’t happen)
Companies can gain advantages by making big strategic moves and taking advantage of bargains. Big movers this year include Cisco and Oracle, certainly. But here are our picks for the biggest and most significant technology acquisitions so far in 2009.
Cisco acquires Pure Digital
Technology: Digital video (maker of the Flip)Announced: March 2009Status: CompletedPrice: $590 million
IBM to acquire Sun?
Technology: Java, Unix server hardware and operating system, mySQLRumored: March 2009Status: Rumor never confirmed by either company. Deal reportedly fell apart
Oracle to acquire Sun
Technology: Java, Unix server hardware and operating system, mySQLAnnounced: April 20, 2009Status: EU objection issuedPrice: $5.4 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt
EMC Data Domain $2.4 billion
Techology: Data deduplicationStatus: EMC beat NetApp in bidding warAnnounced: July 2009Price: $2.4 billion
Dell to acquire Perot Systems
Technology: IT servicesAnnounced: September 2009Status: PendingPrice: $3.9 billion
Avaya to buy Nortel Networks Corp. business unit
Technology: Phone systems for businessesAnnounced: September 2009Status: Avaya won auction biddingPrice: $900 million
Xerox to acquire Affiliated Computer Services (ACS)
Technology: Business process outsourcing firmAnnounced: September 2009Status: PendingPrice: $6.4 billion
Cisco to acquire Tandberg
Technology: Video conferencing for the midmarketAnnounced: October 2009Status: Pending—not all Tandberg shareholders are onboardPrice: $3 billion
Cisco to acquire Scan Safe
Technology: SAAS web securityAnnounced: October 2009Status: PendingPrice: $183 million
HP to acquire 3Com
Technology: Networking equipment and securityAnnounced: November 2009Status: PendingPrice: $2.7 billion
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