IBM to buy MRO Software for &#36;740 million
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International Business Machines Corp. on Thursday agreed to buy MRO Software Inc. for $740 million, giving IBM a niche provider of software and services to help customers including nuclear power plants and oil companies make the most efficient use of industrial assets.
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Updates Filenet IBM's appetite for acquiring software companies shows no signs of diminishing. Last year, the company conservatively spent $3.6bn, adding 12 companies or just their assets to its $18bn middleware business during 2006.â¦
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NEW YORK -- IBM Corp. agreed to a deal Wednesday that all but settles a case in which 140,000 workers claimed the computer giant&#39;s pension plan discriminated against older workers.
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International Business Machines Corp.  IBM.N has put its personal computing business up for sale in  a deal that could be worth as much as $2 billion, the New York  Times reported on Friday.
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NEW YORK, December 8  - International Business Machines (IBM.NYS) has decided to sell its personal computers business to Chinaâs Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion in a cash and stock deal.
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IBM yesterday announced plans to buy Consul Risk Management, a compliance and security software company with the bulk of its developers in Herndon -- the third local software firm bought in IBM's recent buying binge.
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IBM offers $745 million for buy software developer Telelogic.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a $217 million, 7.5-year Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) agreement with American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) to transform and manage many of the airline's human resource (HR) functions.
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IBM announced Monday a $250 million investment in RFID (radio frequency identification), an emerging technology that is being mandated by the likes of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
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IBM , the world's largest  technology services company, said on Wednesday it will buy  privately held security and compliance testing software company  Watchfire Corp. for an undisclosed amount.
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Hundreds of IBM employees at Research Triangle Park will soon be working for a new company. The Chinese computer giant, Lenovo Group, is buying IBM&#39;s personal computer division for nearly $2 billion.
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IBM Corp. has agreed to buy Montreal software developer Systemcorp ALG for an undisclosed sum, the companies said Tuesday.
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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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IBM Corp has signed a seven-year deal to manage the voice and data services of London, UK-based financial institution Lloyds TSB. The contract is estimated to be worth $972.5 million.
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China's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK), said on Wednesday it is buying control of IBM's PC-making business for &#36;1.25 billion, capping the U.S. tech giant's gradual withdrawal from the business it helped pioneer in 1981.
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Microsoft has offered to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion), it said Tuesday.The acquisition will bring Microsoft powerful high-end search technologies to complement its enterprise infrastructure offering, the company said.Microsoft&#39;s recent efforts in the enterprise search market have been aimed at the other end of the market. In November, It introduced two new low-end enterprise search products,&#160;Search Server 2008 and Search Server Express 2008, both based on its SharePoint Server 2007 business productivity platform. It is pitching&#160;Search Server 2008&#160;as a cheap entry into enterprise search, while the Express version is free for single installations.By integrating Fast Search&#39;s products with SharePoint, and drawing on its worldwide network of partners, Microsoft hopes to bring Fast Search&#39;s products to a wider audience, it said Tuesday.It is also counting on Fast Search&#39;s Norwegian research team to bolster its research efforts in Europe. Microsoft has laboratories in Cambridge, England, and in Copenhagen, Denmark.The directors of Fast Search, based in Oslo, have recommended that shareholders accept the offer, which represents a premium of 42 percent over Fast Search&#39;s share price at close of business on Friday. The companies expect the deal to close in the second quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the holders of at least 90 percent of Fast Search&#39;s shares.Fast Search&#39;s rivals in the market for specialized enterprise search tools include Google, with its Search Appliance; French search company Exalead, and Autonomy, which recently acquired Meridio and Zantaz.Representatives of Fast Search could not immediately be reached for comment.&#160;
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After days of speculation, computer services giant IBM Corp. announced Wednesday a US$1.75-billion deal to sell its PC business to Asia&#39;s largest computer maker.