IBM announced Monday that it is bolstering its analytics business with the purchase of Netezza. The $1.7 billion cash transaction, which values Netezza at $27 per share — a 9.75% premium over Friday’s close — brings a long-ti…
Interbrands’ latest annual ranking of brand value once again has Coca-Cola as No. 1. But rising three spots within the Top 10 is Google. Now in the fourth spot, the search giant trails archrival Microsoft by only one rung on th…
Intel Capital has made a new set of investments through its $200 million Invest in America Technology Fund. Four software and chip-design businesses that have collectively received more than $30 million from the patriotic fund:…
Shares of software security companies are rising as investors hope to cash in on growing M&A activity. One the heel’s of Hewlett-Packard’s decision to acquire ArcSight, here are three other companies that could be future take-o…
Many aspects of the financial crisis are still with us. But when it comes to one of the most profound economic impacts of the 2008 meltdown — the downright seizure of credit markets — things could hardly be more different now…