consolidation news on CNET

February 24, 2005 Charles Giancarlo wants to prove wrong critics who say his company has lost the drive that turned it into a 1990s networking superstar. TAGS: consolidation, Cisco Systems Inc., telecommunications industry, telecommunications, CTO, networking, IP

October 31, 2007 Survey shows server virtualization and consolidation favored by data center chiefs trying to accomplish more with less money. TAGS: data center, server virtualization, consolidation, respondent, virtualization, survey, Symantec Corp., agreement, server

September 16, 2004 Economic pressures to restructure high-tech industries will eventually become irresistible. TAGS: consolidation, restructuring, hostility, sector, segment, incentive, barrier, acquisition

June 20, 2006 Frustration from company boards, founders over slow growth will fuel further consolidation, researcher predicts. TAGS: CRM, Gartner Inc., Salesforce.com Inc., consolidation, Siebel Systems Inc., market leader, SAP AG, PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, merger, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

December 7, 2006 newsmaker Greg Papadopoulos, Sun's chief technology officer, foresees large-scale consolidation in computing services. TAGS: consolidation, energy company, Newsmaker, Sun Microsystems Inc., eBay Inc., vision, Google Inc.

December 3, 2004 news analysis Sale of IBM's PC unit would be latest example of move toward consolidation as market reaches maturity. TAGS: AST Computers, consolidation, IBM Corp., asset, acquisition, Compaq Computer Corp., PC, U.S., HP

January 12, 2006 Small fish in the shrinking software sea are embracing open-source, software as a service to get an edge over their larger rivals. TAGS: Intalio Inc., consolidation, enterprise software, PeopleSoft Inc., entrepreneur, business software, BEA Systems Inc., start-up, Oracle Corp., software company, open-source software, open source, IBM Corp.

February 14, 2005 The security industry takes on phishing, viruses and all manner of online threats at the annual RSA Security Conference this week. TAGS: consolidation, John Thompson, intrusion prevention, RSA Security Inc., security company, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Juniper Networks Inc., conference, Symantec Corp., security, Cisco Systems Inc., threat, VPN, phishing, acquisition, CEO

August 11, 2004 Jon Oltsik explains why a new computing security conundrum presents CIOs with a problem that's not given to an easy solution. TAGS: perimeter security, Cisco PIX Firewall, tape drive, consolidation, mess, security, data center, supplier, Cisco Systems Inc., information technology, CEO, server

December 16, 2004 update Deal is the latest sign of consolidation in the enterprise software market and the second major acquisition this week. TAGS: John Thompson, VERITAS Software Corp., merger, Symantec Corp., storage management, consolidation, Forrester Research Inc., security software company, enterprise software, acquisition, CEO, leader, software company, security

August 8, 2006 Deal valued at $713 million furthers consolidation in storage area networking industry. TAGS: McDATA Corp., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., storage area networking, cost savings, consolidation, SAN, EMC Corp., acquisition, networking

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