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Acquisition stories - Page 217

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Data analytics set to be key market driver
Mon, 9th Feb 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Data analytics is predicted to significantly boost the market, with vendors like HP, IBM, and Microsoft leading the rapidly expanding sector.
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Enprise buys Global Bizpro for $750,000
Mon, 9th Feb 2015
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nzax
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enprise group
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datagate innovation
Enprise Group has bought MYOB EXO practice Global Bizpro for up to $750,000 including earnouts, in the accounting software reseller first acquisiti.
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Lenovo exceeds expectations on the back of acquisitions
Wed, 4th Feb 2015
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smartphones
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lenovo
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motorola
Lenovo soars with solid $253m profit, leveraging acquisitions of Motorola and IBM's server unit to diversify beyond PCs.
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The digital transformation is coming, are you prepared?
Tue, 3rd Feb 2015
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wearables
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iot
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cybersecurity
This is the year of digital transformation for business, fuelled by the Internet of Everything (IoE), according to Kevin Bloch, Cisco Australia and Ne.
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What CIOs need to know about the changing face of technology
Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
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storage
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virtualisation
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private cloud
CIOs brace for tech upheaval, with Jay Kidd predicting seismic shifts across IoT, Big Data and cloud computing in 2015.
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Tomizone says Gidday Mate with Aussie acquisition
Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
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tomizone
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asx
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retail
NZ's Tomizone tackles Aussie market via PHW reverse takeover, eyeing ASX listing and expansive Wi-Fi dominion.
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Xero customer sales up 79%
Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
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fintech
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financial systems
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xero
Xero says customer sales are tracking 79% ahead of the year earlier in the first nine months of its financial year, in line with its revenue growth fo.
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Xero says customer sales rise 79% in first 9 months of its financial year
Mon, 2nd Feb 2015
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fintech
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financial systems
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xero
Xero, the cloud-based accounting firm, said customer sales are tracking 79 percent ahead of the year earlier in the first nine months of its financ.
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Brocade offering enterprises free one-year SDN controller license
Wed, 28th Jan 2015
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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naas
Brocade Vyatta Controller eliminates vendor lock-in, enabling customers to deliver network innovations for the new IP.
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New players pose threat to established unified comms vendors
Wed, 28th Jan 2015
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uc
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microsoft
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cisco
Emerging UC players set to shake up the New Zealand market, challenging giants like Microsoft and Cisco with fresher cloud-based solutions.
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Homeworld returns
Mon, 26th Jan 2015
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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personal computing devices
Gearbox reignites space warfare magic: Homeworld Remastered Collection out Feb 25, with classics 4K-updated for PC.
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Turners & Growers annual pre-tax profit to rise as much as 20%
Wed, 21st Jan 2015
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shares
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turners & growers
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trading
Turners & Growers, the fruit marketer majority owned by Germany's BayWa, expects its pre-tax annual profit to rise as much as 20 percent.
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Mega reverse listing target TRS pushes out deadline again
Tue, 20th Jan 2015
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encryption
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trs
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acquisition
TRS Investments has again pushed out its deadline to complete a reverse listing of file storage and encryption firm Mega, this time by another two.
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OpenText acquires Actuate and expands portfolio
Mon, 19th Jan 2015
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
OpenText broadens its horizons with the acquisition of Actuate, promising deeper analytics and personalised insights for its customers.
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Kiwi start up Xero makes waves in US market
Thu, 15th Jan 2015
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fintech
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hcm
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financial systems
New Zealand-based software start up Xero has today announced customers in the US have full access to the Xero payroll platform in three states.
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Trends that will dominate the telco industry in 2015
Tue, 13th Jan 2015
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uc
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5g & beyond
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wireless networks
Monetising network investments in broadband infrastructure will be a top priority over the next year, according to Analysys Mason.
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Say goodbye to Urbanspoon
Tue, 13th Jan 2015
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zomato
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yelp
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urbanspoon
Zomato acquires Urbanspoon, marking a major US entry and global expansion, doubling its traffic to 80 million visits per month.
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OpenText continues to grow with IGC acquisition
Fri, 9th Jan 2015
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management
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opentext
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acquire
OpenText has announced it has acquired Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC), a developer of viewing, annotation, redaction and publishing commercial software.
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Reduced profits and fewer ISPs – the NZ ISP Market In 2015
Fri, 9th Jan 2015
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uc
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software development
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telco
Brendan Ritchie takes a look at the increasing difficulty ISPs face in their quest to return a profit for their shareholders.
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Eric Watson's US dairy venture changes tack with planned iced tea merger
Thu, 8th Jan 2015
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agriculture
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nasdaq
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acquisition
Eric Watson, the expatriate New Zealand businessman with a fortune estimated at $400 million in the National Business Review 2014 Rich List, is cha.