Acquisition stories - Page 243

Polycom teams with Microsoft, hosting new Accordent Media Services on Azure, enhancing video management for businesses globally.

Cisco is set to acquire Calif-based newScale, enhancing its cloud service provision with newScale's self-service IT portals for rapid infrastructure deployment.

Ingram Micro Asia and Transition Systems have signed up to the new CA Technologies regional partner programme.

Acquisition to boost Polycom's unified comms offering with customer-premise and cloud-based video content management solutions.

Skype unveils Qik Video Connect, a novel iPhone app for live streaming and video chats, enhancing sharing with family and friends.

Nokia Chief Executive Stephen Elop says he's unaware of any strategic interest Microsoft has in acquiring Nokia.

Brightpoint NZ partners with GN Netcom Asia to bring Jabra's innovative wireless headsets and car speakerphones to the local market.

In post-recession NZ, companies are looking to capitalise on the many changes that have been experienced over the past 24 months.

Motorola strikes back at TiVo in a legal battle over DVR patents, asserting its technology's priority following a clash with Verizon.

RSA appoints Andy Solterbeck as General Manager for ANZ, aiming to boost the enterprise and mid-market segments. Solterbeck hails from Telstra.

Citrix boosts cloud offerings with the acquisition of New Zealand's EMS-Cortex, simplifying hosted services provision with Cortex technology.

Proposed change to the Telecommunications Amendment Bill could allow the government to buy back parts of Telecom.

Google and Facebook's exploratory acquisition talks with Twitter have stalled, with a hefty price tag of $8-10 billion cited.

Business intelligence, collaboration, content management, social software and supply chain management will be 2011's major trends, says Gartner.

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IT executives never consciously decide to create chaos and sub-optimisation in their file transfer environments. But chaos happens anyway, as systems evolve.

Lawsuit launched to prevent Motorola from transferring Huawei's IP secrets to Nokia Siemens Networks following a looming acquisition.

Aerohive Networks - distributed locally by Connector Systems - has acquired privately-held cloud-based networking firm, Pareto Networks.

The snappily-named super group 'Datacraft-Integral Axon' has announced three new appointments to its Supply Chain team.

Mitel appoints Richard McBee as CEO, eyeing growth with his 20+ years in telecoms and plans to steer the firm towards global expansion.