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August 10, 2006 The $35-per-share deal marks IBM's third software-related purchase announcement since last week. TAGS: FileNet Corp., content management, IBM Corp., acquisition, AMR Research, Oracle Corp., software company, Microsoft Corp.

March 11, 2005 Groove Networks founder Ray Ozzie knows exactly what he wants to do to improve Office--and Windows. TAGS: Ray Ozzie, Groove Networks Inc., IBM Lotus Notes, collaboration, impact, IBM Corp., Microsoft Office, founder, career, acquisition, P2P, Microsoft Corp., folder, operating system, Microsoft Windows

December 7, 2005 Executives from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM and other companies gather to talk about the next killer app: calendaring. TAGS: calendar, Wiki, Yahoo! Inc., IBM Corp., portal, event, acquisition, software company, Google Inc., conference, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, video

April 11, 2006 Desktop Linux has finally turned into the real deal--and that can only mean real headaches for Microsoft, says Jon Oltsik. TAGS: Linux desktop, angst, Novell Linux, Novell Inc., TCO, Linux, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., acquisition, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

June 9, 2005 Sun CEO defends StorageTek acquisition and adds open source to his usual hit list of Microsoft and IBM. TAGS: StorageTek, storage management, Sun Microsystems Inc., grid computing, Glasgow, thin client, Sun Solaris, Scott McNealy, Scotland, excitement, open source, CEO, acquisition, backup, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

December 19, 2006 As open source becomes pervasive, software giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Sun are adapting in different ways. TAGS: JBoss, open source, Novell Inc., GPL, AJAX, IBM DB2, Red Hat Inc., Oracle Corp., middleware, MySQL, IBM Corp., Linux, acquisition, Sun Microsystems Inc., database, Firefox

October 25, 2000 Hewlett-Packard buys Bluestone Software for an estimated $470 million, as the computing giant continues to make inroads into the exploding e-business software market. TAGS: Bluestone Software, E-speak, e-business, e-commerce, Commerce One, iPlanet, computing giant, Sun Microsystems Inc., acquisition, vision, application server, HP, software product, Oracle Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., IBM Corp.

November 2, 2005 Acquisition of hosted secure IM provider is MessageLabs' ticket into the instant messaging security fray. TAGS: Omnipod Inc., MessageLabs Ltd., Web security, IM, acquisition, security, vision, IBM Corp., America Online Inc., server, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

September 12, 2005 Reaction to Oracle's megamerger with Siebel Systems is mixed, but it won't be as complex as Oracle's purchase of PeopleSoft. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., PeopleSoft Inc., merger, Mercury Interactive Corp., SAP AG, IBM DB2, Larry Ellison, middleware, AMR Research, IBM Corp., CRM, acquisition, database, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

August 28, 2006 Company investors and employees have two leaders to thank for HP's resurgence this year, as the Compaq bet finally starts to pay off. TAGS: Carly Fiorina, Illuminata Inc., profit, Mark Hurd, HP, Wall Street, Compaq Computer Corp., merger, supplier, acquisition, vision, server, AMD, CEO, IBM Corp., printer

March 1, 2006 Company unveils Peregrine products, dismisses report that it's losing foothold in management software. TAGS: HP OpenView, CMDB, Gartner Inc., management software, Asia-Pacific, BMC Software Inc., asset, EMC Corp., general manager, HP, Computer Associates International Inc., information technology, Japan, acquisition, Symantec Corp., IBM Corp.

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