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With an eye on enterprise, Citrix buys social collaboration platform Podio
Citrix ( Nasdaq: CTXS ) has acquired privately held Podio, a cloud-based collaborative work platform, which isaimed at SMBs and offers users a combination of traditional business apps and social
Genband buys Aztek Networks to bolster network transformation offering
Genband has acquired privately held Aztek Networks, a supplier of switch consolidation and network migration solutions. Terms of the deal, which closed today, include all of the company's assets and
Avaya buys videoconferencing company Radvision for $230M
Avaya has signed a deal to buy videoconferencing vendor Radvision ( Nasdaq: RVSN ) for $230 million. The deal will immediately give Avaya a strong presence in the videoconferencing market at a time
J2 Global acquires Aussie cloud voice service provider Zintel
J2 Global Communications ( Nasdaq: JCOM ) continued its torrid acquisition streak, today announcing it had added Australian cloud voice service provider Zintel Communications. The purchase, details of
Cisco CEO: We passed on buying Skype
Cisco had the opportunity to buy free Voip provider Skype, but passed on it, CEO John Chambers said, worried that a purchase could put it at odds with its core customer base of service providers.
Cisco wants EU to re-examine Skype-Microsoft deal
Cisco ( Nasdaq: CSCO ) is asking a European court to take another look at the EU's approval of Microsoft's ( Nasdaq: MSFT ) $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, seeking to have regulators force the VoIP
J2 Global makes 3rd acquisition of 2012, buying UK-based Zimo
Cloud service provider j2 Global Communications ( Nasdaq: JCOM ) has acquired Zimo Communications, the provider of Numberstore cloud voice services. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed, and
Venture firm Kleiner Perkins banking on the cloud to pay big dividends
Startups selling cloud services and that are looking for venture funding may soon have a new option: venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, which backed Zynga and Groupon, has "talked
Oracle makes $1.9B offer for Taleo to add more cloud services
There is more M&A activity in the cloud space today as Oracle offered the Internet-based human-resources software company Taleo $1.9 billion for its business. The acquisition will help Oracle
Cisco plans more M&As as strong Q2 tops expectations
It appears to be back to business as usual for Cisco ( Nasdaq: CSCO ), which reported a 27 percent bump in second quarter earnings from a year ago, topped analyst's expectations and increased its
