Company Analysis in Data Centre & IT Infrastructure
Cultural concerns cloud acquisition potential
19 August 2010As a Japanese telco prepares to take over a South African IT services provider, analysts ask whether cultural differences might undermine the deal. Plus, can Adobe sell enterprise software?
Veeam bridges the gap between virtual rivals
14 July 2010Virtualisation management tools vendor hopes conflict between Microsoft and VMware will drive opportunity
Logicalis takes the hypervisor out of the cloud
14 July 2010Managed services provider Logicalis is debunking the theory that virtualisation, and subsequently cloud computing, is dependent on hypervisor software
HP shakes up mobile devices market through Palm buy
17 May 2010The big deal of April 2010 revealed that vendor partnerships that prove beneficial in one area technology platform do not necessarily hold true in others
Microsoft intensifies bid to own the virtual desktop
16 April 2010Software giant has laid down its plans for taking market share from competitor VMware in the desktop virtualisation arena
Move to cloud drives systems management acquisitions
12 March 2010The increasingly distributed nature of IT systems is presenting novel systems management challenges, and therefore fuelling acquisitions in the space
Industry recovery gathers pace, although some left behind
12 March 2010The IT industry’s post-recession recovery was in full swing during February 2010, although it appeared to pass by some notable exceptions
Microsoft & Hewlett-Packard – a pragmatic partnership
12 March 2010The two IT giants' commitment to co-operation and mutual interoperability is a practical reaction to industry moves
VCE Alliance – an ambitious bid from the outsiders
12 March 2010The confederacy of VMware, Cisco and EMC has technological credentials but its stack vision is still a work in progress
Oracle – from software to systems, courtesy of Sun
12 March 2010Larry Ellison's company now has the technology required be a strategic supplier, but does it have the relationship skills?
IBM – the stack veteran
12 March 2010The computing giant is one of the pioneers of the pre-integrated systems model that is now returning to vogue
IT recovery kicks in at last, but not for all
12 February 2010There was evidence to suggest the IT recession is unofficially over in the industry’s financial reports for January, but also hints that difficult times are far from over
IBM & Intel top ethical business index
03 February 2010Green activities win Big Blue 'most ethical business' accolade
Compuware follows applications out of the infrastructure
10 December 2009Systems management vendor's new focus on application performance leads to acquisition of web app management vendor Gomez
Amazon Web Services put to the enterprise test
10 December 2009Cloud pioneer's services are being put through their paces in enterprise experiments, says CTO Werner Vogels
| Company | Period | Revenue ($m) | Rev Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hewlett-PackardCo | 1Q09 | $28,800.0 | 1% |
| Lenovo Group Ltd | 3Q09 | $3,592.0 | -20% |
| Quest Software Inc | 4Q09 | $201.6 | 8% |
| Unica Corp | 1Q09 | $26.1 | -8% |
| Xerox Corp | 4Q08 | $4,370.0 | -10% |
| Websense Inc | 4Q08 | $79.3 | 30% |
* Figures converted to US dollars
More Financial Results in Data Centre & IT Infrastructure| Acquirer | Target | Price ($m) |
|---|---|---|
| CA | Cassatt | n/a |
| EMC | Configuresoft | n/a |
| IBM | Exeros | n/a |
| Chatsworth Products | Epicenter | n/a |
| Rackable Systems | Silicon Graphics | $ 25m |
| Yahoo! Japan | Softbank IDC Solutions | $488.5 m |
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