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Acquisition stories - Page 22

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Adobe announces equal pay for employees across the globe

Tue, 23rd Oct 2018
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Adobe announced global pay parity between women and men, delivering on a commitment the company made earlier this year.
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Microsoft's new project to bring gaming to the data centre

Wed, 10th Oct 2018
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Data centres could soon be the crutch for the army of Xbox One gamers around the world with Microsoft's latest venture, Project xCloud.
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Supermicro, Apple, & Amazon vs crippling scandal – who's lying?

Sat, 6th Oct 2018
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A Bloomberg report claims that Supermicro sold motherboards with Chinese spy chips to Apple and Amazon, causing Supermicro's stock to plummet by 40%.
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DDN makes 'old' appointment with Tintri co-founder designated CTO

Thu, 4th Oct 2018
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The revival story of IT company Tintri continues as DDN today announced a new executive appointment - with potentially a 100 more to come.
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Iron Mountain achieves 100% renewable energy at EU data centres

Tue, 25th Sep 2018
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power / energy
Iron Mountain celebrates 100% renewable energy milestone at its EU data centres, improving sustainability in Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the UK.
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Equinix beware: Digital Realty throws down gauntlet with new $1.8b acquisition

Mon, 24th Sep 2018
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Digital Realty challenges Equinix with a USD $1.8 billion acquisition of Brazil's Ascenty, aiming to dominate in South America's colocation market.
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Orange reveals goal to become global player in multi-cloud services

Wed, 19th Sep 2018
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Fresh off its acquisition of Basefarm, the France-based integrated comms provider is looking to make waves around the world in multi-cloud services.
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Interxion rolling out the big bucks to keep up with demand

Mon, 17th Sep 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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colocation
The company has increased its 2018 CAPEX guide range to €425m-€450m to cater for several data centre expansions.
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DDN completes $60m acquisition and reboots Tintri for business

Wed, 5th Sep 2018
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There were six rounds of heated negotiations and an extensive bidding process, but now that it's complete DDN is wasting no time.
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DDN's acquisition of Tintri expected to wrap up in coming days

Thu, 30th Aug 2018
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It's taken a while, but DDN says it expects the acquisition of Tintri to be complete within the next few days - here's the details of the agreement.
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CyrusOne shells out $442m to break into Europe data centre market

Wed, 29th Aug 2018
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colocation
The US data centre provider has acquired a hyperscale data center provider in Europe to make its expansion into Europe.
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OVH Group appoints new CEO to tackle next strategic plan

Wed, 29th Aug 2018
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colocation
The company has created 12 data centres since February 2017 and is confident this growth will only accelerate with this appointment.
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'Fascinating' vendor cloud battle ongoing in healthy SaaS market

Wed, 22nd Aug 2018
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data analytics
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It hasn't been around for long, but Synergy Research Group says the enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) can now be considered mature.
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Pivotel's strategic acquisition of a Kiwi mobile solutions provider

Mon, 20th Aug 2018
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endpoint protection
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edr
Pivotel has acquired Wrights Satellite Connections Ltd in New Zealand, expanding its presence in the country's mobile satellite market.
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Who won the 2018 APAC Frost & Sullivan ICT Awards? Full list here

Thu, 16th Aug 2018
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equinix
Last night the biggest movers and shakers in APAC's ICT industry were celebrated, with winners including Equinix, Huawei, and Rackspace.
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DDN builds new enterprise virtualization and analytics division

Mon, 13th Aug 2018
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hybrid cloud
The new division will focus on helping enterprises get the most value out of their flash, virtualized and containerized hybrid cloud environments.
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Thales extends offer acceptance period for Gemalto acquisition

Mon, 13th Aug 2018
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Thales extends the offer acceptance period for its acquisition of Gemalto, awaiting regulatory approvals from various antitrust authorities.
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SD-WAN infrastructure market growth continues unabated

Thu, 9th Aug 2018
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network infrastructure
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The SD-WAN infrastructure market is set to hit USD $4.5 billion by 2022, with a remarkable 40.4% CAG, according to two new IDC reports.
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Diligent and Brainloop fortify cloud governance offering

Mon, 6th Aug 2018
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storage
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risk & compliance
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cloud services
Diligent completes acquisition of Brainloop, making it the leading supplier of high-security collaboration software in Europe.
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Xero pays NZ$103m to acquire Canada-based cloud bookkeeping firm

Thu, 2nd Aug 2018
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financial systems
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xero
Xero to acquire Canadian cloud bookkeeping firm Hubdoc for NZD $103 million, enhancing its financial data integration for small businesses globally.