3Com to buy TippingPoint for $430M
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DECEMBER 13, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - 3Com Corp. became the latest company to scoop up technology for preventing attacks on computer networks, announcing today that it is acquiring Austin-based TippingPoint Technologies Inc.
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In November, Microsoft representatives began to comment that the enterprise search market had reached &quot;a tipping point&quot;; on Tuesday, the company backed up that claim with a bundle of cash,&#160;offering to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer (FAST)&#160;for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion).
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Intuit's move to acquire financial services vendor Digital InsightÂ this week, Â and 3Com Corp.'s deal to buy out Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd's stake in their joint venture are signs that mergers and acquisitions activity continues unabated. The question is what this means for technology generally.
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BROOMFIELD, Colo. - Level 3 Communications Inc. said Friday it agreed to buy the wholesale dial-up Internet access business of Sprint Corp.
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Under the terms of the agreement, Cisco will pay approximately $200 million in cash and options. The acquisition of P-Cube is subject to various standard closing conditions and is
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The Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group of Australia said its Macquarie Bank consortium had agreed to acquire a wireless tower operator in the United States, Global Tower Partners, from the Blackstone Group for $1.43 billion.
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3Com announced on Monday a strategic partnership with Siemens Business Services to provide service and support to 3Com enterprise customers.
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The deal will add TippingPoint's UnityOne line of network-based intrusion-prevention system hardware and software to 3Com's stable of enterprise security products.
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3Com Corp., the Marlborough maker of computer-networking equipment, said it agreed to buy a Texas maker of antihacker security systems, TippingPoint Technologies Inc., for $430 million in cash. TippingPoint makes so-called intrusion-prevention systems for businesses, government agencies, colleges and universities, and telecommunications service providers and systems. TippingPoint has 125 employees at its Austin headquarters. The $47-per-share purchase price offered owners ...
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Computer Associates has signed an agreement to purchase Netegrity, a provider of security software, in a deal valued at approximately $430 million.
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Telecom Italia plans to  use cash for a  bigger-than-expected chunk of a 20 billion-euro ($26.69  billion) buyout of its mobile unit TIM, a source close to the  deal said on Monday.
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Ingram Micro Inc, the world&#39;s biggest distributor of computers and related parts, said it has agreed to buy Sydney-based Tech Pacific for A$700 million ($493 million) to expand in Asia Pacific.
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- Motorola Inc.  on Tuesday said it agreed to buy Symbol Technologies Inc.  for about $3.9 billion in cash to expand its enterprise capabilities.
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Diversified manufacturer 3M Co.  on Wednesday said it has agreed to buy for Biotrace International PLC , a U.K.-based maker of industrial microbiology products, for about $98 million.
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By John Nolan, Dayton Daily News, Ohio  Feb. 9--WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County -- Capgemini, a Paris-based  provider of consulting and technology services, said Thursday it will buy the  information technology consulting firm Software Architects Inc.
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Four private equity firms plan to buy  Bermuda-based Intelsat for about $3 billion, the world's  second-largest satellite operator said on Monday.
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By Virgil Larson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  May 25--DENVER -- Level 3 Communications Inc. is eyeing China as a market for the network and services it now sells across the United States and much of Europe.