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McAfee, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Reconnex

acquisition of Reconnex for $46 million in cash. Through the acquisition, McAfee® further enhances its leadership position in proactive security and risk management solutions. McAfee can now bring automated, centrally managed and adaptive protection to its existing customer base and further help users enhance the value of their current investments. As previously announced, Reconnex's technologies will be incorporated under McAfee's Data Protection product business unit, headed by Gerhard Watzinger.

Red Hat Advances Virtualization Leadership with Qumranet, Inc. Acquisition

s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the acquisition of Qumranet, Inc. The acquisition includes Qumranet's virtualization solutions, including its KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) platform and SolidICE offering, a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), which together present a comprehensive virtualization platform for enterprise customers. In addition, Qumranet's talented team of professionals that develop, test and support Qumranet solutions, and its leaders of the open source community KVM project, will join Red Hat.

Greenhill & Co. SPAC to Combine with Iridium, A Leading Provider of Voice and Data Mobile Satellite Services

GHL Acquisition Corp. [AMEX: GHQ] and Iridium Holdings LLC, a leading provider of voice and data mobile satellite services (“MSS”), today jointly announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which they plan to combine. The proceeds of the transaction will enable Iridium to be debt free and well positioned to develop its next generation satellite constellation, “Iridium NEXT.” GHL Acquisition is the special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Greenhill & Co., Inc. [NYSE:GHL], which raised approximately $400 million of gross proceeds earlier this year, and is approximately 17.5% owned by Greenhill & Co.

Giga Omni Media Makes Second Blog Buy: The Apple Blog

Om Malik’s blog network Giga Omni Media has made its second acquisition… it has acquired The Apple Blog, which exclusively covers one of the blogosphere’s favorite companies. The deal comes not long after the acquisition of mobile-focused site jkOnTheRun. Terms of the deal, which should probably be described as an acq-hire, were not disclosed. The site is edited by Josh Pigford, who started it back in 2004. The acquisition follows closely on the news that Om would give up the CEO job and take a position as a partner at True Ventures, the VC firm with an investment in his network. In that announcement, he said that adding new blogs was a key part of the plan going forward.

Red Hat adds to virtualization effort with acquisition

Acquisition will allow Red Hat Enterprise Linux to natively support virtualized Windows machines for the first time.

Cisco buys into e-mail with $215 million PostPath acquisition

Acquisition of PostPath will add e-mail and calendaring to Cisco's in-the-cloud collaboration portfolio

Acacia Patent Acquisition Obtains Network Remote Access Technology Patents

Acacia Patent Acquisition, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Corporation (News - Alert), announced that it has acquired patents relating to network remote access technology.

Forrester's acquisition of JupiterResearch won't impact two e-retailers

Last month’s acquisition of JupiterResearch LLC of by Forrester Research Inc. for $23 million plus debt, doesn’t mean much for mid-size online retailers AbeBooks Inc. or eBags Inc.

McAfee completes acquisition of Reconnex

McAfee, a security technology company, has completed the acquisition of Reconnex, a provider of data loss prevention solutions for $46 million in cash.

Report: Google Pondering Acquisition of Game Developer Valve

Los Angeles - Google (NASD: GOOG) is reportedly considering an acquisition of Valve Software, the developer of multiplayer hits including "Half Life" and "Counter-Strike," and a digital distribution system called Steam, according to The Inquirer, which cited well-placed sources.

Motorola Completes Acquisition of AirDefense Combination Will Make Wireless and Security Synonymous for the All-Wireless Enterprise

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the completion of its acquisition of AirDefense, Inc., a leading wireless LAN (WLAN) security provider.

Motorola Completes Acquisition of AirDefense

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the completion of its acquisition of AirDefense, Inc., a leading wireless LAN (WLAN) security provider.

McAfee, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Reconnex

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (MFE) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Reconnex for

2e2 completes ÂŁ57m acquisition of IT security & managed services provider Netstore

Provider of mission-critical IT services 2e2 has announced the completion of its ÂŁ57 million acquisition of IT security and managed services provider, Netstore.

Downer EDI expands with NZ acquisition

Infrastructure services provider Downer EDI has announced the conditional acquisition of the maintenance and asset management divisions of New Zealand-based Excell Corporation.

Downer EDI expands with NZ acquisition

Infrastructure services provider Downer EDI has announced the conditional acquisition of the maintenance and asset management divisions of New Zealand-based Excell Corporation.

Downer EDI expands with NZ acquisition

Infrastructure services provider Downer EDI has announced the conditional acquisition of the maintenance and asset management divisions of New Zealand-based Excell Corporation.

Downer EDI expands with NZ acquisition

Infrastructure services provider Downer EDI has announced the conditional acquisition of the maintenance and asset management divisions of New Zealand-based Excell Corporation.

Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company Leads Consortium in Acquisition of Peruvian...

Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company Leads Consortium in Acquisition of Peruvian Electric Company MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company Limited (GGIC) today announced that it lead an investment group that has acquired a controlling interest in Electro Sur Medio S.A. (ESM), an electric distribution company in Peru. GGIC is an affiliate of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a diversified financial services firm with offices serving the Americas, Europe, and Asia. "In our opinion, Peru is enjoying one of the most stable economic growth paths in the emerging markets: Its economy has continued to generate impressive gains. We believe that ESM's service territory has been growing at a rate above the national average, resulting in unmet demand that we look forward to serving," said GGIC's CEO Thomas A.

Yahoo Stock Plummets to $13, Investor Proposes Microsoft Acquisition at $22

Hindsight is always 20/20, and that Microsoft acquisition offer for Yahoo earlier this year is looking sweeter by the moment looking in the rear view mirror. Too bad Yahoo rejected the $31 per share offer, because their stock has plummeted to $13 a share this week.

Symantec Corporation: Symantec to Extend Online Services with Acquisition of MessageLabs; Market leaders join to deliver the broadest set of messaging security offerings

TMCNet: Symantec Corporation: Symantec to Extend Online Services with Acquisition of MessageLabs; Market leaders join to deliver the broadest set of messaging security offerings

ANXeBusiness Corp. Completes VPN Acquisition

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., BUSINESS WIRE -- ANXeBusiness Corp., a leading provider of networking and security managed services and software, has acquired certain assets of CSCI Inc., including the Virtual Private Network (VPN) portion of CSCI's OfficeScreen business. This is the company's second acquisition this year and is designed to strengthen the ANX VPN product line for customers in multiple vertical markets.

E Com Ventures Changes Name to Perfumania Holdings, Inc., Obtains Shareholder Approval of Model Reorg Acquisition

E Com Ventures Changes Name to Perfumania Holdings, Inc., Obtains Shareholder Approval of Model Reorg Acquisition

Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:PERF) (formerly, E Com Ventures, Inc.) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Model Reorg, Inc. ("Model"), a diversified U.S. wholesale and retail designer perfume and fragrance company.

Perfumania Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:PERF) (formerly, E Com Ventures, Inc.) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Model Reorg, Inc. ("Model"), a diversified U.S. wholesale and retail designer perfume and fragrance company.


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