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IBM Acquires Sterling Commerce from ATT
NEW YORK/BOSTON, May 24 (Reuters) – IBM (NYSE:IBM) plans to buy Sterling Commerce from AT&T Inc (T.N) for about $1.4 billion in cash, extending the technology behemoth’s portfolio of business software. The move comes amid a flurry of software acquisitions by International Business Machines Corp, Oracle Corp (NASDAQ:ORCL) and SAP AG (DE:SAPG), as they look…
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Acquisitions, Channel Fuel Dell Growth
Like its larger rivals, Dell has been active on the acquisition front, picking up a variety of companies to bolster its offerings, including services (Perot Systems), managed services (SilverBack Technologies), storage (EqualLogic) and earlier this year, system management appliances (Kace). The latter two had their roots in the channel, which is historically uncharted territory for…
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IBM Adds Sybase Migration Technology to IBM DB2
IBM is offering new technology that will allow Sybase users to move to IBM DB2 with virtually no changes to application code. The technology is called DB2 SQL Skin, and will be sold to DB2 customers as a feature starting May 28. Developed jointly by IBM and ANTs Software, the technology is aimed at easing…
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Tech Data Sees Strong Quarter as IT Spending Climbs
IT distributor Tech Data (NASDAQ:TECD) saw 13 percent growth in sales for its most recent quarter and a 44 percent jump in net income, a performance that adds another data point to the growing evidence that there’s an economic recovery under way. "I think we are in recovery," Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky tells Channel…