IBM’s Sun acquisition could increase its lead in Storage and Server market!

According to this print screen of Gartner, this could put IBM at a stronger #1 in Server market and #2 in Storage market. Then IBm would have duly responded to Cisco’s move. Dell would seriously have to consider its position, HP would be forced to work on its numbers and EDS digestion and not to [...]

Why Cisco will eventually buy VMware

Yesterday I was talking to a good friend, evangelist and one of the founding fathers of the x86 virtualization world — I was in a hotel and was making a couple of calls. We were discussing about some really really cool things. He is also [almost ready to be done with his patent filing on [...]

GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. Acquires CSSG; Strengthens Security portfolio

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.–GlassHouse Technologies, a global provider of independent IT infrastructure consulting services, today announced it has acquired Chicago-based security services consulting company CSSG. The acquisition extends GlassHouse’s offerings into data security services, including assessments, optimization and policy framework development. As a result, GlassHouse customers will benefit from deeper infrastructure management services and consulting throughout their [...]

M&A: Time for European buyout of Satyam Computers

The DealBook of NYT are suggesting or even expecting some stakeholders to grab Satyam Computers, but I see this as a great opportunity for any European firm, possible a SI vendor but it could also be any other vendor in HW/SW business, to go after this firm. The timing may not sound right but it [...]

Open Source Cloud: Joyent to buy Reasonably Smart

Joyent today announced it has agreed to acquire Reasonably Smart, a fledgling cloud startup based on JavaScript and Git, for an undisclosed amount. While on the surface it might look like simple industry consolidation, Reasonably Smart’s technology will in fact help Joyent compete with emerging service-centric clouds while retaining an open model that makes developers [...]

RWE buys Dutch Energy firm Essent for €9.3 Bn

Mr Grossman described Essent as the “perfect match”, which would help RWE tap the Dutch gas market as well as the retail market in both the Netherlands and Belgium.
Although Essent is much smaller than RWE – its €7.4bn turnover in 2007 was around one-fifth that of its German buyer – the acquisition will help RWE [...]

Six Apart buys Twitter competitor Pownce!

We have some very big news today at Pownce. We will be closing the service and Mike and I, along with the Pownce technology, have joined Six Apart, the company behind such great blogging software as Movable Type, TypePad and Vox. We’re bittersweet about shutting down the service but we believe we’ll come back with [...]

MicroHoo buzz is back!

Yes, Microhoo buzz is back, even if it never really went away. This time it was London’s The Sunday Times stirring the pot, reporting that Microsoft will be making a $20 billion play for Yahoo!’s search business.
BoomTown’s Kara Swisher quickly shot holes into the story, and she has the Rolodex to confirm or debunk nearly [...]

Motley Fool: "VMware blew it"

Well, according to the Fools and also VMware’s own staff, this Transitive was a great firm for a potential acquisition. Read on…

You blew it, VMware (NYSE: VMW).
Or maybe you didn’t. But whatever the behind-the-scenes machinations, virtualization toolmaker Transitive is now in IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) hands. (Big Blue acquired the firm last [...]

VMware loses top security researcher as well!

Well these are rather grim news from a security standpoint. VMware’s Determina’s acquisition and its rather dubious Bluelane acquisition, where no one apparantly made any profit, are putting VMware under solid pressure.
I really don’t know if all this is because of the restructuring within VMware or merely that some other shift is going to happen. [...]