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An acquisition takes place when one company completely buys out another company, and the former company remains. Examples include:
- investment firm buys all the stock of a public company (Blackstone Group buys Harrah's Entertainment)
- company buys another company (Wachovia buys First Union) If...
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Determine Software | 2005 | |||
| Federated Department Stores |
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Macy's, Inc. (NYSE: M) is a department store holding company and owner of Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores. Macy's Inc.'s stores specialize mostly in retail clothing, jewelry, watches, dinnerware, and furniture.
Macy's Inc. is...
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Hecht's | |||
| Amazon.com |
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Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is an American-based multinational electronic commerce company. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, it is America's largest online retailer, with nearly three times the Internet sales revenue of the runner up,...
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Alexa Internet | |||
| Red Hat Software |
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Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices worldwide. Red Hat
is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by
making high-quality, low-cost technology...
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JBoss | |||
| Red Hat Software |
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Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices worldwide. Red Hat
is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by
making high-quality, low-cost technology...
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Cygnus Solutions | |||
| Red Hat Software |
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Red Hat, the world's leading open source and Linux provider, is
headquartered in Raleigh, NC with satellite offices worldwide. Red Hat
is leading Linux and open source solutions into the mainstream by
making high-quality, low-cost technology...
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Sistina Software | |||
| NBC |
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The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank, California. It is sometimes referred...
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Oxygen media | Oct 2007 | ||
| Yahoo! |
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search),...
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Right Media | Sep 2007 | ||
| Netscape |
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Netscape Communications (formerly known as Netscape Communications Corporation and commonly known as Netscape) was a US computer services company, best known for its web browser. The browser was once dominant in terms of usage share, but lost most...
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Collabra Software | 1995 | ||
| 3Com |
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3Com (NASDAQ: COMS) is a manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Bruce Borden, and Greg Shaw, and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts. The name 3Com...
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Primary Access | |||
| Lucent Technologies |
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Lucent Technologies was a technology company composed of what was formerly AT&T; Technologies, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs. It was spun off from AT&T; on September 30, 1996.
Lucent merged with Alcatel SA of France to form Alcatel...
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Ascend Communications | 1999 | ||
| Ascend Communications |
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Ascend Communications was an Alameda, California based manufacturer of communications equipment that was later purchased by Lucent Technologies in 1999.
Ascend Communications designed and manufactured equipment for high density dialup installations,...
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Cascade Communications | 1997 | ||
| Ascend Communications |
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Ascend Communications was an Alameda, California based manufacturer of communications equipment that was later purchased by Lucent Technologies in 1999.
Ascend Communications designed and manufactured equipment for high density dialup installations,...
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Livingston Enterprises | |||
| Ascend Communications |
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Ascend Communications was an Alameda, California based manufacturer of communications equipment that was later purchased by Lucent Technologies in 1999.
Ascend Communications designed and manufactured equipment for high density dialup installations,...
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Netstar | 1996 | ||
| Ascend Communications |
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Ascend Communications was an Alameda, California based manufacturer of communications equipment that was later purchased by Lucent Technologies in 1999.
Ascend Communications designed and manufactured equipment for high density dialup installations,...
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Morning Star Technologies | 1996 | ||
| Ascend Communications |
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Ascend Communications was an Alameda, California based manufacturer of communications equipment that was later purchased by Lucent Technologies in 1999.
Ascend Communications designed and manufactured equipment for high density dialup installations,...
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Stratus Technologies | 1998 | ||
| Siebel Systems |
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Siebel CRM Systems, Inc. was a software company principally engaged in the design, development, marketing, and support of customer relationship management (CRM) applications. The company was founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993. At first known mainly...
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Onlink Technologies | Aug 2000 | ||
| CA Inc. |
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CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA), formerly, Computer Associates, Inc., is a multinational computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia, New York. More specifically, it develops and markets information technology (IT) management software, which it...
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Interlink Computer Sciences | 2000 | ||
| Pure Software | 1997 | |||||
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Founded in February 2004, Facebook is a social utility that helps
people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and
coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the
sharing of information through the social graph,...
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Parakey | Jun 2007 | |||
| Ericsson |
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Ericsson (Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson) (OMX: ERIC B, NASDAQ: ERIC), one of the largest Swedish companies, is a leading provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services covering a range of technologies,...
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Entrisphere | |||
| First Data |
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First Data Corporation is an American payment processing company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. First Data is a provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions, and the company's chief rival is TSYS. The company's portfolio includes...
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Achex | |||
| Compaq |
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Compaq Computer Corporation was an American personal computer company founded in 1982, and is now a brand name of Hewlett-Packard.
The company was formed by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto — former Texas Instruments senior managers. The name ...
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Digital Equipment Corporation | Jan 26, 1998 | ||
| Norfolk Southern Railway |
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The Norfolk Southern Railway (reporting mark NS) is a major Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the Norfolk Southern Corporation. With headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, the company operates 21,500 route miles in 22 eastern states, the...
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Consolidated Rail Corporation | 1999 | ||
| CSX Transportation |
CSX Transportation (reporting mark CSXT) is a Class I railroad in the United States, owned by the CSX Corporation and headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. It is one of the three Class I railroads serving most of the East Coast, the other two...
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Consolidated Rail Corporation | 1999 | |||
| Penn Central Transportation |
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The Penn Central Transportation Company, commonly abbreviated to Penn Central, was an American railroad company that operated from 1968 until 1976. It was created by the merger on February 1, 1968, of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York...
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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad | Jan 1, 1969 | ||
| New York City Subway |
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The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. It is...
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Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation | |||
| Trusted Information Systems |
Trusted Information Systems (TIS) was a computer security research and development company during the 1980s and 1990s, performing computer security research for organizations such as NSA, DARPA, ARL, AFRL, SPAWAR, and others.
TIS was founded in 1983...
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Haystack Labs | ||||
| Silicon Graphics, Inc. |
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SGI is a leader in high-performance computing. SGI delivers a complete
range of high-performance server and storage solutions along with
industry-leading professional services and support that enable its
customers to overcome the challenges of...
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Cray Research, Inc. | 1996 | ||
| St. Jude Medical |
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St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE: STJ) is a $4.36 billion global medical device company, with headquarters in Little Canada, Minnesota, United States. The company sells products in more than 100 countries and has over 20 operations and manufacturing...
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Ventritex | |||
| Bell Atlantic |
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NYNEX | Aug 14, 1997 | |||
| Cisco Systems |
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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful
connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or
creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to
create the Internet solutions that make networks possible...
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AireSpace, Inc | |||
| Cisco Systems |
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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful
connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or
creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to
create the Internet solutions that make networks possible...
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Clarity Wireless, Inc | Nov 1998 | ||
| Siemens AG |
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Siemens AG is Europe's largest engineering conglomerate. Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany. The company is a conglomerate of three main business sectors: Industry, Energy and Healthcare with a total of 15...
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Argon Networks | |||
| Intel Corporation |
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Intel (NASDAQ: INTC; SEHK: 4335) is the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. The company is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most personal computers. Intel was founded on July 18, 1968...
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Xircom | |||
| Synopsys |
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Synopsys, Inc. NASDAQ: SNPS is one of the largest companies in the electronic design automation industry. Synopsys' first and best-known product is Design Compiler, a logic-synthesis tool. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the...
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Integrated Systems Engineering AG | 2004 | ||
| Synopsys |
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Synopsys, Inc. NASDAQ: SNPS is one of the largest companies in the electronic design automation industry. Synopsys' first and best-known product is Design Compiler, a logic-synthesis tool. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the...
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CADIS gmbH | 1994 | ||
| iUpload |
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iUpload (now Awareness, Inc.) is a content management and corporate blogging software company that creates blogging communities for its clients. A community may be public facing to engage an audience, or internal to the company, serving as a way for...
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WebPartz | Mar 2003 | ||
| Art.com |
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Art.com, Inc. opened its
virtual doors in 1995, and over that time, has helped over 4 million
customers decorate their walls from the world’s large collection of art
imagery. Our selection of over 400,000 images includes nearly every
imaginable...
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AllPosters.com | |||
| Dornier Flugzeugwerke |
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Dornier Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claudius Dornier. Over the course of its long lifespan, the company produced many notable designs for both the civil and military markets.
Originally...
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Friedrichshafen Flugzeugbau | |||
| IBM |
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International Business Machines Corporation, abbreviated IBM, is a multinational computer technology and IT consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, Town of North Castle, New York, United States. The company is one of the few information...
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Informix | 2001 | ||
| Dell |
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Dell Inc. (a multinational technology corporation: NASDAQ: DELL, HKEX: 4331) develops, manufactures, sells, and supports personal computers and other computer-related products. Based in Round Rock, Texas, Dell employs more than 76,500 people...
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EqualLogic | Nov 5, 2007 | ||
| Symantec Corporation |
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Symantec
Corporation NASDAQ: SYMC, founded in 1982, is an international
corporation which sells computer software, particularly in the realms
of security and information management. Headquartered in Cupertino,
California, USA, Symantec has...
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Vontu | Nov 5, 2007 | ||
| Hewlett-Packard |
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Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly referred to as HP, is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. HP has its United States offices at the former old Compaq Campus in unincorporated Harris County,...
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Logoworks | May 2007 | ||
| Electronic Arts |
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Electronic Arts (EA) is the
world’s leading independent developer and publisher of interactive
entertainment software for advanced console systems such as the PlayStation® 3,
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP™ (PlayStation®...
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Maxis | 1997 | ||
| Electronic Arts |
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Electronic Arts (EA) is the
world’s leading independent developer and publisher of interactive
entertainment software for advanced console systems such as the PlayStation® 3,
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the PSP™ (PlayStation®...
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Westwood Studios | 1998 | ||
| Cadence Design Systems |
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc (NASDAQ: CDNS) is an electronic design automation (EDA) software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc. For years it had been the largest company in the EDA industry....
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Get2Chip | Apr 2003 | ||
| Manhattan Associates |
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Manhattan Associates is a supply chain management software provider. It was founded in 1990 in Manhattan Beach, California from where it borrows its name. The company has been headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, since 1995 and operates offices around...
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Evant, Inc. | Sep 1, 2005 | ||
| Infor Global Solutions |
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Infor Global Solutions is a privately held U.S. software company that specializes in enterprise software ranging from financial systems and resource planning to supply chain and customer relationships.
Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, Infor is...
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2006 | |||
| NEXX Systems |
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NEXX Systems was founded in August 2001 through the acquisition from
MKS Instruments of the ASTeX systems group. The sale comprised the
purchase of the Nimbus product line of sputter deposition systems and
exclusive license to manufacture ECR...
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All-Wet Technologies | Apr 2003 | ||
| Oracle Corporation |
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Oracle
Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is one of the major companies developing
database management systems (DBMS), tools for database development,
middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning software (ERP),
customer relationship management...
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LogicalApps | Oct 2007 | ||
| Cisco Systems |
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Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful
connections-whether in business, education, philanthropy, or
creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to
create the Internet solutions that make networks possible...
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Topspin Communications | 2005 | ||
| Emerson Electric Company |
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Emerson Electric Company (NYSE: EMR) is a major multinational corporation headquartered in Ferguson, Missouri, United States. This Fortune 500 company provides engineering services for a wide range of industrial, commercial, and consumer markets....
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Cooligy | |||
| MediaTek |
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MediaTek Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company, designing and selling components for wireless communication, optical storage, high-definition digital TV and DVD products. The company was founded in 1997. Its headquarters are in Taiwan, with sales...
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NuCore Technology | 2007 | ||
| nCircle Network Security, Inc. |
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nCircle is the leading provider of agentless security risk and compliance management solutions. More than 3,500 enterprises, government agencies and service providers around the world rely on nCircle's proactive security solutions to identify,...
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Cambia Security, Inc. | May 23, 2007 | ||
| Model N, Inc. |
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Model N is the leader in Revenue Management — an emerging enterprise
application category that enables companies to align and improve the
processes of pricing and quoting, contract development and management,
trade settlements and channel...
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Azerity | |||
| Citrix Systems |
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Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader and the most trusted name in application delivery infrastructure. It
delivers software and services to secure and optimize delivery of
corporate and web-based applications. This means...
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XenSource | Aug 2007 | ||
| Tidal Software |
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Tidal Software brings a radically simple approach
to optimizing the operations of one of your company’s most complex
assets: its enormous infrastructure of enterprise applications
including SAP, Oracle, Informatica, Symantec/Veritas and many others...
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Intersperse | |||
| HomeAway |
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HomeAway, Inc. is the largest online vacation rental marketplace , representing 309,000+ paid vacation rental listings across 118 countries. HomeAway connects homeowners and property managers who advertise (or list) their properties available for...
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VRBO | |||
| Yahoo! |
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, (in Silicon Valley), that provides Internet services worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine (Yahoo! Search),...
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Zimbra | Sep 2007 | ||
