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...Updating you on another chipmaker's moves: Broadcom has sealed the deal for Symantec's enterprise security business for $10.7bn in cash. 3....
...Here’s a couple of the responses from our readers: James Palmer, senior partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, wrote: “We are very concerned that the Government’s proposals will introduce an unprecedented...
...Now, says Tom Palmer, senior vice-president of services, the company is pulling in other types of data — including weather and air traffic control conditions — to get a more complete picture....
.... but i think it's more often the case that cloud is at least = to enterprise....
...Additional reporting by Richard Waters and Maija Palmer...
...Investors in this round also included New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures....
...With an enterprise value of about 8 times expected after-tax operating profits, Pace is cheaper than the rest of the sector, but given with so much uncertainty surrounding it, this looks fair....
...“In the past, enterprises have thought that their data are safe, but last year there was plenty of proof that it is not,” says Eugene Kaspersky, chief executive of Kaspersky Labs, the Russian IT security...
...Vista Equity Partners in March launched a £1.27bn bid for Misys, the UK banking software company, while Autonomy, the enterprise search company, was acquired for $10.3bn by HP last year....
...“We are looking for HP to get its strategy back on track by focusing on the enterprise market, not overstretching itself by becoming a consumer devices company of a consumer cloud services company.”...
...Google’s enterprise unit is jubilant after snaring its biggest customer win to date, as BBVA, the Spanish bank, said it was going to migrate all its 110,000 employees onto Google Apps....
...Vista specialises in buying ageing, underperforming enterprise software companies and putting them through something akin to a bootcamp....
...With 15m subscriptions at more than 3500 companies worldwide, it is believed to be the second largest cloud-based provider of enterprise software after Salesforce.com....
...emerging that can turn any phone into a virtual cash till – just as accessible for small traders such as window cleaners and babysitters, who have hitherto had to operate on a cash basis, as for bigger enterprises...
...Whether this measure spawns many new enterprises like PLACR remains to be seen, but it’s the perfect austerity plan....
...“We have successfully grown our business in China over the past 20 years and now want to scale our operations to fully meet the needs of both enterprises and our ecosystem,” Bill McDermott, co-chief executive...
...“Big enterprise software installations are very sticky – they represent decades of investment so companies don’t easily change them....
...Fantasy Shopper, an Exeter-based start-up which “socialises and gamifies” online shopping, raised $3m from Accel Partners and New Enterprise Associates....
...Craig Carter of Frost and Sullivan, the UK-based telecoms market research firm, said: “As Apple and Android smartphones continue to cut into RIM’s market share and enterprise players begin to see those manufacturers...
...Once considered a rather staid provider of enterprise software that helps companies run more efficiently, SAP is betting that mobile, cloud computing and in-memory computing – a new way to quickly analyse...
...Additional reporting by Maija Palmer in London...
...Shares in SAP fell more than 6 per cent on Thursday morning after the world’s largest enterprise software maker failed to meet market expectations for profits in the first quarter....
...In an interview with the FT, Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP’s co-head, underlined the company’s commitment to push the world leader in enterprise software back towards growth, which he said could include takeovers...
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