 IT Market Watch News AlertNetwork World's IT Market Watch News Alert, 09/25/07HP closes $1.6 billion Opsware deal, 09/21/07: HP closes the deal to acquire Opsware, which gives the industry giant a quick ramp to offering customers data center automation. NetScout buying Network General for $205 million, 09/20/07: Network- and application-performance management vendor NetScout Thursday announced plans to acquire Sniffer maker Network General for roughly $205 million. Network General customers face more change, 09/20/07: Network General's Sniffer business has changed hands a lot in the past few years, the latest a pending acquisition by NetScout, and customers tire of the instability.
EMC acquires online backup provider Mozy, 09/24/07: EMC today acquired online backup provider Mozy to bolster its data protection offerings, according to sources. Lawsuit charging GPL violation is first ever, 09/20/07: In what may be the first action of its kind in the U.S., the Software Freedom Law Center has filed a lawsuit to enforce an open-source license. Nortel replaces Enterprise chief, 09/20/07: In a surprise move, Nortel this week replaced its Enterprise Solutions chief, even though the unit is growing at about three times the market. Steve Jobs subpoenaed in backdating case, 09/20/2007: Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to give a deposition in the stock option backdating lawsuit against former Apple General Counsel, Nancy Heinen. Apple may be next in EU antitrust sights, 09/19/07: With Microsoft's antitrust appeal now decided, the next U.S. technology company to get a place on the European Union's regulatory hot seat may be Apple, an antitrust expert said Tuesday. With bankruptcy, SCO now facing Nasdaq delisting, 09/19/07: Following its bankruptcy filing, The SCO Group may be booted off of the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as next week, the Unix vendor said Wednesday. Acer, Gateway deal gains U.S. antitrust approval , 09/19/07: Acer's planned $710 million acquisition of U.S. PC vendor Gateway won antitrust approval in the U.S. as the clock struck midnight Monday, Gateway said. Palm warns of profit drop, 09/20/07: After canceling its controversial Foleo product and continuing to struggle with a shift away from the PDA market, Palm warned on Wednesday that its upcoming earnings report could be weaker than expected. Software alliance collects $3.5 million from firm in infringement case, 09/18/07: The Business Software Alliance has collected a record settlement of nearly US$3.5 million from an international media firm that was using unlicensed software, the trade group announced Tuesday. Cisco to acquire wireless-management firm Cognio, 09/18/07: Cisco this week said it will purchase privately held Cognio, a maker of spectrum analysis and management systems for wireless networks. With Microsoft ruling, a precedent for IT in Europe, 09/18/07: Microsoft suffered a humiliating legal defeat Monday when it lost a court appeal to overturn the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling against it. Microsoft loses appeal against EU antitrust ruling, 09/17/07: Microsoft failed Monday in its bid to overturn a European Commission antitrust ruling against it, when the European Union's second-highest court dismissed the company's appeal and ordered it to pay the bulk of the Commission's legal expenses. Yahoo counters foes, nabs open source collaboration vendor Zimbra, 09/17/07: Yahoo Monday acquired open source collaboration vendor Zimbra for $350 million keeping pace with Google, IBM and Microsoft to supply corporate users with collaboration tools that can run online or off. |
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