Intel buys stake in EMC's VMware, gets board seat
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Intel Corp . will invest about $219 million for a stake in VMware Inc. and a seat on the board of the Silicon Valley software company that parent EMC Corp.  is taking public, the companies said on Monday.
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VMware, the EMC subsidiary whose software lets a computer run multiple operating systems simultaneously in separate &quot;virtual machines,&quot; has grown a step more ambitious.
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More than 80 percent of VMware income comes from higher-level tools, a move that gives the EMC subsidiary more breathing room against rivals.Getting real about virtualization
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Intel Capital will invest $218.5 million in VMware; the EMC subsidiary expects to raise at least $759 million in an initial public offering.
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EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is selling a $218.5 million stake in its VMware Inc. software subsidiary to chip maker Intel Corp. The move comes as EMC prepares to raise up to $949 million by selling about 10 percent of VMware to the public.
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In a bid to boost its desktop virtualization portfolio, VMware on Tuesday agreed to acquire application-based virtualization vendor Thinstall.
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Intel Corp. said Monday it plans to buy a US$218.5 million stake in the software firm VMware Inc., bolstering the companies&#39; existing agreement to run VMware&#39;s virtualization software on Intel&#39;s processors.
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(InfoWorld) - Intel will buy Havok, a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday. Havok will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel but keep operating its business as usual, according to an Intel press release. It will add to Intel's visual computing and graphics efforts, while continuing to develop products for all computing platforms, the company said. The acquisition will help Havok grow into new market segments, Havok CEO David O'Meara said in a prepared statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1998, Havok's helps game developers simulate real world physics in their games, making objects appear to move in a more realistic fashion. The Dublin company's tools have been used on games such as "BioShock," "Halo 2" and "Half Life 2" and movies including "The Matrix," "Troy" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." Founded in Dublin in 1998, the company has operations in San Francisco, Stockholm, Calcutta, Munich, Tokyo and San Antonio, Texas.
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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells EMC has grown bored of sitting on a fat pile of VMware IPO cash and reportedly dropped $76m for web-based automated backup outfit Mozy.â¦
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InfoWorld - Intel will buy Havok, a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday.
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SEATTLE/BOSTON  - Microsoft Corp  acquired  a start-up company called Calista Technologies and expanded its  alliance with Citrix Systems , targeting VMware Inc's   early lead in virtualization technology.
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EMC's security division RSA will acquire Indian security software company Valyd for an undisclosed sum.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- EMC Corp. moved Tuesday to beef up its network-management software offerings via the acquisition of Smarts Inc.
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By Hiawatha Bray, The Boston Globe  Feb. 8--EMC Corp. of Hopkinton plans to turn virtual software into real  cash.   The company will sell 10 percent of its California software subsidiary  VMware Inc. in an initial public offering this year.
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Ziff Davis - EMC's latest tech acquisition could make the vendor's SAN management software the top of the heap, analysts say. The move could spark a software buying spree among competitors.
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EMC acquired privately held Voyence for its network change and configuration management software.
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EMC reported a 74% rise in quarterly profit and doubled its stock buyback program to $2 billion, sending shares up 4% today. The stock was also boosted by strong results yesterday from business software maker VMware Inc.