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HP acquires Fortify, a software security company
Technology giant, HP, has recently announced that it is acquiring a software security company called Fortify. The news comes days after IBM announced its acquisition of Unica, another software company. The terms of the deal have not yet been made public.
Fortify is a security company that specializes in keeping applications …
IBM buys Unica for $480 million
It has been revealed that IBM, International Business Machines, will be buying Unica, a software company, for approximately $480 million. It is speculated that this acquisition will allow IBM to obtain technology that will allow customers to construct their own marketing campaigns.
Earlier this year, IBM’s CEO, Sam Palmisano, said that …
usairways – a valuable candidate for mergers
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Recently, as you may remember, Continental Airlines’ CEO Jeff Smisek called US Airways an “ugly girl” after it refused to accept Continental Airlines’ proposal to merge together.
However, US Airways has been doing really well these days. Its shares rose 8.2% and closed on $8.45 last Wednesday. According to analysts, at …
Preparing yourself and your business against disasters
Businesses are not established within days. They take months of planning and execution to become successful. It takes a lot of hard work and investment to get them started and even more to keep them running. Businessmen devote their entire time to maintain their business and millions of dollars are …
Heineken takes over Femsa’s beer unit for $7.6 billion
On Monday, Heineken said that it has struck a deal with Femsa and will soon be taking over its beer unit. Femsa is one of Mexico’s biggest brewers and this deal leaves the beer industry with only some powerful players. Due to the deal, Heineken will be more threatening to …
Taking advantage of emergency cash loans
We all have bright ideas for new business but only few of us manage to execute them because just having a profitable idea is not enough. You need resources to convert that idea into a successful reality. And that’s where the problem begins. Only those with access to financial resources …
How businesses can save money with online printing
It takes a lot to start a new business but it is also hard to maintain it. There is a lot of work and promotion involved. You need popularize your business’s name and to do this, you need to advertise. You can advertise on big scale or on a …
Dealing with document filing when starting a business
Recently, I talked about the financial problems one might face when starting a new business. Money is not the only thing and requirement when starting a business. You also need to file numerous documents to make things legal and official.
There are several ways to take care of this. Obviously, if …
Morgan Stanley CEO Mack steps down, Gorman takes over
The Chief Executive of Morgan Stanley, Mack, will be resigning and James Gorman will be taking his place soon. Mack will still stay with Morgan Stanley as the chairman.
The bank took a lot of chances under Mack by betting more money than they actually had. This helped them a lot …
Twitter down due to Denial of Service (Dos) attacks
If you are a Twitter addict, you may have noticed that Twitter was down today (Thursday) morning. The reason for downtime was a DoS (Denial of Service) attack.
A DoS attack consists of sending more amount of traffic to a website or server than it can handle. Usually, such attacks are …
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