Month: January 2015

Stock Analysts

Intel Q4 Earnings: Another Cloud-First Mobile-First Story?

January 16, 2015 0

Intel ( INTC ) and Microsoft ( MSFT ) have been classically referred to as Wintel because of their tight relationship in the PC market. This also means that both were handicapped similarly when mobile computing came of age. Their scrambling to build a position in mobile resulted in Microsoft declaring a mobile-first cloud-first strategy and Intel promising a strong position in the “next wave of computing.” What this boils down to is an increased focus by both to develop technologies for mobile computing devices while building/optimizing their existing capabilities in the cloud […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

OpenText Buys Actuate Corporation

January 16, 2015 0

OpenText Buys Actuate Corporation Actuate Adds Powerful Analytics to OpenText PR Newswire WATERLOO, Ontario, Jan. 16, 2015 WATERLOO, Ontario , Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC), a global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM) , today announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Asteroid Acquisition Corporation, it has successfully completed its acquisition of Actuate Corporation (NASDAQ: BIRT), the leader in personalized analytics and insights. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

Penton Acquires iNET Interactive, A Leading Event And Digital Information Company Serving The Cloud, Hosting And Data Center Segments

January 16, 2015 0

Penton Acquires iNET Interactive, A Leading Event And Digital Information Company Serving The Cloud, Hosting And Data Center Segments Acquisition continues strategy of growing leading event and digital/data-anchored positions Over 80% of Penton EBITDA now generated by high growth events and digital/data capabilities PR Newswire NEW YORK, Jan. 16, 2015 NEW YORK , Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Penton , North America’s largest privately held professional information services company, announced today that it has acquired iNET Interactive , a leading event and digital information company that focuses on the booming Cloud, Hosting and Data Center segments of the technology sector […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

GI Partners Completes Acquisition of Logibec

January 16, 2015 0

GI Partners Completes Acquisition of Logibec PR Newswire SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — GI Partners , a leading middle market private equity firm, announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Logibec, Inc. […]

Mergers & Acquisitions

First Sound Bank Agrees to Purchase Eastside Commercial Bank

January 16, 2015 0

First Sound Bank Agrees to Purchase Eastside Commercial Bank PR Newswire SEATTLE, Jan. 16, 2015 SEATTLE , Jan. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — First Sound Bank (OTCBB;FSWA), headquartered in Seattle, Washington , today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Bellevue -based Eastside Commercial Bank in a transaction expected to close in the first quarter of 2015 […]