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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Corporation is on an Acquisition Spree</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. (ORCL) announced the acquisition of Convergin, a leading software provider of real-time service brokering solutions. The acquisition will enable Oracle to step up the deployment of next-generation pre-paid and value-added services in the communications industry besides lowering the total cost. Convergin&#8217;s Service Broker platform helps communications service providers manage services for a wide range of networks and application platforms Incorporatedluding pre-paid charging. The company said that Convergin’s products will complement its own Communications&#8217; integrated product suite such as Communications Billing and Revenue Management, Oracle Communications Converged Application Server and Oracle Communications service fulfillment applications. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2010. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Recently, Oracle also announced the acquisition of AmberPoint, a leader in Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) ]]></description>
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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Corporation Takes Over Sun Microsystems</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/28/orcl-oracle-corporation-takes-over-sun-microsystems/26286</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The database software giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL) announced the completion of its pending acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc. (JAVA), a provider of enterprise computing systems, software and services, for $7.4 billion ($9.50 a share) or $5.6 billion net of Sun&#8217;s cash and debt. Sun has been de-listed from the Nasdaq. Sun’s CEO Jonathan Schwartz is expected to resign as the transition moves forward. The acquisition has been on hold for nine months pending the European regulator’s approval as it would decrease competition in the database market. However, the regulators approved the acquisition recently after Oracle reassured them that it would support, license and develop MySQL – Sun’s open source database software. Oracle laid out various strategies for new product launches and the integration of the two companies. With Sun’s acquisition, ]]></description>
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		<title>(JAVA) Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corporation Merger Gets OK from EU</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/25/java-sun-microsystems-and-oracle-corporation-merger-gets-ok-from-eu/25895</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA) said that Oracle Corporation’s (ORCL) acquisition of the company had been approved by the European Commission. While struggling to generate profit, its results not showing any spark and continuing to be hit hard by the recession, Sun Microsystems, Inc. announced it’s acquisition by Oracle Corporation for $9.50 per share in cash in 2009. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun&#8217;s cash and debt. We believe Sun is pursuing the right strategy to return cash to shareholders. While the shareholders, the U.S. Department of Justice and recently, the European Commission have given their consent, the acquisition is pending approval from China and Russia regulators. Both the companies expect unconditional approval from China and Russia and intend to close the transaction ]]></description>
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		<title>(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices Beats Expectations &#8211; Revenue &amp; Profits Leap</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/23/amd-advanced-micro-devices-beats-expectations-revenue-profits-leap/25771</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) continued to strengthen in the fourth quarter, with pro forma earnings beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 14 cents. Its settlement with Intel Corporation (INTC) added a dollar and 57 cents to GAAP earnings. Revenue exceeded the Zacks consensus by 10.5%. Revenue Revenue of $1.65 billion was up 36.6% sequentially and 39.7% year over year, better than management’s expectations of a modest sequential increase. Revenue in the last quarter excludes a one-time process technology licensing revenue of $191 million. The fourth quarter strength was driven by both consumer and business customers. The holiday season drove higher consumer demand, while the improving economy encouraged stronger enterprise spending. Therefore, sell-through was strong. Growing demand for the Radeon 5000 Series also drove sales. Revenue by Segment Computing Solutions generated ]]></description>
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		<title>(HPQ) Hewlett-Packard Joins Microsoft in the Clouds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cloud computing is the new buzzword for big tech companies across the globe. This new technology is opening up a plethora of business opportunities to tech companies, while helping the end-user streamline their day-to-day workflow without investing much on the hardware upgrade. Sensing the huge opportunities for growth in this segment, technology majors Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) have entered into a three-year agreement to jointly invest $250.0 million for building an infrastructure model to enhance the application of cloud computing. Companies are expected to spend around $95.0 billion on cloud computing by 2011, and another $160 billion is expected to be generated from end consumer-applications, like mail and entertainment services offered by tech companies like Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO) and Apple (AAPL). The collaboration would help Microsoft ]]></description>
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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Impresses the Market With Second Quarter Earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/18/orcl-oracle-impresses-the-market-with-second-quarter-earnings/23197</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 23:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. (ORCL) rose 4.02% after market yesterday following the company’s second-quarter of fiscal 2010 earnings announcement. The market reacted positively to the company’s better-than-expected earnings and growing market share. The company said that for the fourth consecutive quarter, it captured market share from SAP AG (SAP). Moreover, positive expectations regarding the European Commission’s approval of the $7.4 billion Sun Microsystems (JAVA) acquisition in January also boosted the company’s share price. Earnings Better Than Expected Earnings per share of 39 cents were up 15% from the year-ago period of 34 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4 cents and surpassing the high end of the guidance range of 35 – 36 cents. Net income rose 12.5% to $2.0 billion from the last year. The increase in earnings was due ]]></description>
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		<title>(SKM) SK Telecom Joins IBM to Enter Cloud Computing</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/17/skm-sk-telecom-joins-ibm-to-enter-cloud-computing/23152</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Korea’s incumbent wireless operator SK Telecom (SKM) has joined forces with the US technology behemoth International Business Machines (IBM) to operate a cloud computing service. Under the pact, IBM will provide the necessary infrastructural support (cloud-based servers, storage, virtualization technology and middleware applications) to the Korean carrier for the design and development of cloud-based applications in a cost-effective manner. SK Telecom and IBM Korea will work together to develop the entire cloud environment that encompasses concept design, hardware and software selection and implementation. The deal represents a part of IBM’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its presence in the $10 billion cloud computing market in Asia. The company has reportedly beaten its rivals Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (JAVA) to secure the contract to build Korea&#8217;s ]]></description>
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		<title>(JAVA) Sun Microsystems&#8217; New Servers Gain Strength</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/10/java-sun-microsystems-new-servers-gain-strength/22472</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA) said that its new Sun Fire X4640 server based on the Six-Core AMD Opteron processor is better than the servers provided by International Business Machines (IBM), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and NEC Express. The new server helps customers increase data center efficiency and helps virtualization and consolidation. Sun’s newly launched server lines, particularly the x86 group, are performing better than expected and will lead to an improvement in the financial position of the company. The company said that its Sun Fire X4640 server provides 21% better performance than an eight-processor HP ProLiant DL785 G6 system that utilized faster CPUs and ran the Windows OS. Moreover, it gives 33% better performance than a 16-processor NEC Express 5800 server and 2.7x the performance of a four-processor IBM System 550 server. ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVT) Avnet Aquires Assets to Enter Southeast Asian Market</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/08/avt-avnet-aquires-assets-to-enter-southeast-asian-market/22198</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avnet, Inc. (AVT) recently acquired certain assets of Sunshine Joint Stock Company of Vietnam, further expanding its presence and customer base in The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Sunshine is an IT distributor providing server, storage and software products to system integrators and resellers throughout Vietnam. Sunshine markets a portfolio of IT infrastructure products from leading vendors including Hewlett Packard (HPQ), IBM (IBM) and Lenovo. Sunshine generated revenue of approximately $33 million in 2008. The company has over 120 employees and 1,400 customers. This acquisition will provide a solid foundation to build upon in the growing IT market in Vietnam. Management at Avnet announced that the company plans to grow its solutions distribution business in emerging markets of Asia. In October, Avnet acquired a controlling interest in Vanda Group ]]></description>
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		<title>($HPQ) Hewlett-Packard Extends Service Agreement</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/03/hpq-hewlett-packard-extends-service-agreement/21877</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard’s (HPQ) Enterprise Services announced that Ahold, an international group of leading supermarket companies based in the United States and Europe, has signed a seven-year infrastructure and applications services agreement, thereby expanding its previous agreement. Under the agreement, HP will provide management and support services for Ahold’s global data center environment, which includes mainframes, servers and storage. In addition, HP will implement HP Business Service Automation to make Ahold’s server and storage capabilities more robust. Ahold will use HP ProLiant rack servers, HP StorageWorks XP Disk Arrays as well as HP ProCurve 2610 and 5412 switches. HP will help reduce the complexity and improve the efficiency of Ahold’s technology environment. HP will also provide network services to Ahold across Europe and the United States for a wide range of the ]]></description>
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		<title>($IBM) Interactive Data Corporation Reports Server Sales Declining</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/12/02/ibm-interactive-data-corporation-reports-server-sales-declining/21735</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As per recent data published by Interactive Data Corp. (IDC), third quarter server sales show a steep decline. The company also stated that the market has stabilized and is in a revival phase. For the 2009 July-September quarter, factory revenue of the worldwide server market declined 17.3% to $10.4 billion. Among the major server manufacturers, IBM (IBM) is the best performer for the quarter. The company increased its revenue market share to 31.8%, although sales declined by 12.9% to $3.3 billion. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) was second despite the 16.8% revenue decline Incorporatedreasing its market share marginally to 30.9%. Dell Inc. (DELL), with a market share of 13.5% secured the third position, although the company witnessed a revenue decline of 6.8%. Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA) occupies the fourth place but continues to ]]></description>
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		<title>(T) AT&amp;T Expands Cloud-based Computer Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/17/t-att-expands-cloud-based-computer-solutions/20766</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[US telecom giant AT&#38;T (T) has reportedly expanded its portfolio of premium cloud-based solutions with an innovative cloud computing service that delivers on-demand computing through a self-service approach over the company’s reliable and highly secured network cloud platform. The service called “AT&#38;T Synaptic Compute as a Service&#8221; will offer businesses of all sizes on-demand access to computing resources based on their requirements. Customers can use the service to quickly address immediate demands for variable computing processing power and increase capacity according to their business needs. The service will be officially launched in the US during fourth-quarter 2009 and will be expanded across select international markets in due course. Cloud computing is a process of computing where tasks are assigned to a combination of connections, software and services (jointly forming the ]]></description>
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		<title>(JAVA) Sun Microsystem&#8217;s Earnings Beat &#8211; Sales Lag</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/09/java-sun-microsystems-earnings-beat-sales-lag/20038</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA) reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 in an SEC filing. Lower operating expenses and higher gross margin helped the company lower its first quarter GAAP loss to $120 million, or 16 cents per share from a loss of $1.68 billion or $2.24 per share reported in the year-ago period and beating the Zacks Consensus estimate of a loss of 23 cents per share. Earnings on a non-GAAP basis (excluding one-time items) rose to 2 cents per share in the quarter from a net loss of 8 cents per share in the year-ago period. Gross margin improved to 43.4% from 40.2% a year ago. Operating expenses were down 62.3% year over year, as a result of which operating margin improved to -4.5% from -55.2% ]]></description>
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		<title>(AVT) Avnet Expands in China</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/20/avt-avnet-expands-in-china/18161</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Avnet, Inc. (AVT) recently announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in Vanda Group from Hutchinson Whampoa Limited in a strategic move to expand its presence and customer base across China. Vanda Group will operate as an Avnet company while maintaining its current operations, management team and the Vanda brand. Vanda Group is a leading IT solutions and services provider covering major cities in China, Hong Kong and Macau, and has been around 27 years. Vanda Group provides systems integration services and solutions incorporating hardware and software from major suppliers including IBM (IBM), Lenovo, Cisco (CSCO), Sun (JAVA), Nokia (NOK) and Oracle (ORCL). The company serves clients from diverse industries including major banks, financial institutions, telecommunications companies, utilities and government departments. Vanda Group generated revenues of approximately $50 million ]]></description>
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		<title>(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices Results Approach Breakeven</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/16/amd-advanced-micro-devices-results-approach-breakeven/17853</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced stronger third quarter earnings that nevertheless missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10 cents. This excludes 28 cents per share for one-time licensing revenue, 10 cents for a gain on the repurchase of debt and 2 cents for stock based compensation. Revenue Revenue of $1.39 billion was up 17.9% sequentially and down 21.4% year over year, better than management’s expectations of a slight sequential increase. However, excluding the $191 million in one-time process technology license revenue, it was up 1.8% sequentially and down 32.2% year over year, in-line with management expectations. The revenue per employee increased 1.0% sequentially. Revenue was driven by consumer PC demand, particularly in notebooks and in China. The company saw continued recovery in Europe and North America. Management also stated that ]]></description>
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		<title>(MSFT) Microsoft Gets a &#8220;Sidekick&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/10/14/msft-microsoft-gets-a-sidekick/17566</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is feared that some users of Sidekick phones have lost most of the personal information stored on remote servers manned by Microsoft (MSFT). The servers were based on Sun’s (JAVA) Solaris/Linux/Oracle (ORCL) technology. Several versions of the phone were sold through service provider T-Mobile, which is a part of Deutsche Telekom AG (DT). T-Mobile has offered customers a $20 refund toward one month of data usage on the phone and an additional $100 through a customer appreciation card, which can be used for T-Mobile products and services, or for payment of a T-Mobile bill. Customers have expressed outrage at the prospect of compensation, which was largely deemed to be insufficient. This was made worse by T-Mobile’s announcement that it would require another two weeks to send out details regarding ]]></description>
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		<title>($ORCL) European Commission Delay in Oracle-Sun Microsystems Merger Hurts</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/23/orcl-european-commission-delay-in-oracle-sun-microsystems-merger-hurts/15877</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At an event in San Jose, Mr. Larry Ellison, the Chief Executive and Chairman of Oracle Corp. (ORCL), the largest software company said that its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA) for $7.4 billion ($9.50 a share) has been slowed by an ongoing antitrust review in Europe and the company is still waiting for clearance by the European Commission. The delay in approval from the regulatory body is causing Sun Micro to lose about $100 million each month. The major issue lingers on Oracle&#8217;s potential acquisition of Sun&#8217;s MySQL – an open-source database software which overlaps Oracle’s own database software. This could smother competition in the database software industry. However, Mr. Ellison said the deal is expected to be cleared by European regulators, despite the delay. It still remains ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) International Business Machines Keeps 2009 Guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/09/ibm-international-business-machines-keeps-2009-guidance/14728</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday, International Business Machines (IBM) reiterated its fiscal 2009 profit outlook of at least $9.70 per share. Management also said that IBM was well on course to deliver earnings of $10 to $11 per share in 2010. With significant operating leverage, the company expects to continue expanding margins, helped by about $3.5 billion of savings from cost-cutting initiatives in 2009. Shares of the company rose in early trading hours to $118.18 after closing at $117.46 on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange. IBM expects to release third-quarter results on Oct. 15. The Zacks Consensus Estimate is pegged at $2.38 a share for the quarter and $9.77 for the full year, exceeding the company’s guidance of $9.70. Zacks estimates assume approximately ]]></description>
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		<title>(MSFT) Microsoft Patents Change Hands</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/08/msft-microsoft-patents-change-hands/14575</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several patents previously held by Microsoft (MSFT) are expected to change hands. Microsoft acquired the patents from Silicon Graphics and subsequently sold them to Allied Security Trust (AST) at a private auction. AST is expected to resell the patents to Open Invention Network (OIN). The patents purportedly relate to Linux open source technology, which is the reason for the interest in them. OIN consists of member companies such as RedHat (RHAT), International Business Machines (IBM), Phillips and Novell (NOVL), which use open source technology in their products. OIM licenses the patents but typically does not resell them. AST is in the business of acquiring patents from owners, licensing the technology back to them and ultimately selling off the patents. The member firms include big names in the technology space, such ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) IBM Opens IT Services Center in United States</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/27/ibm-ibm-opens-it-services-center-in-united-states/13566</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to expanding its international footprint, IBM (IBM) is also expanding domestic operations. The company has announced the opening of a services delivery center in the U.S. The new facility will maintain, monitor and support computer hardware, software and manage IT services for IBM&#8217;s clients. The new center joins an extensive network of more than 80 IBM delivery centers worldwide. For the new facility, IBM intends to hire up to 1,300 people by the end of 2010. With an investment of $300 million in 2008, IBM built 13 Business Resilience service delivery centers in 10 countries, increasing its ability to address surging demand from businesses and governments from around the world seeking to keep their operations safe from disruption. IBM also plans to open a new collocation data center ]]></description>
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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Gets Approval to Buy Sun</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/21/java-oracle-gets-approval-to-buy-sun/13063</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest software company, Oracle Corp. (ORCL) announced that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has approved its proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA). The approval from the DOJ was much anticipated. In June, the DOJ had extended its investigation on the deal to gather more information and further review the effects of the merger on competition for International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Oracle&#8217;s biggest database software rival, as well as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO), which compete with Sun in the server market. The clearance had earlier been delayed due to scrutiny about the licensing of Java, a programming language and software developed by Sun, which is used in IBM’s products. Moreover, issues lingered on Oracle&#8217;s potential acquisition of Sun&#8217;s MySQL – an open-source database software, ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) IBM&#8217;s Footprint Strong in India</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/08/20/ibm-ibms-footprint-strong-in-india/12994</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM&#8216;s (IBM) broad product and services portfolio delivers value to clients through a combination of services, hardware and software. The key verticals for IBM in the Indian market are infrastructure, such as construction and steel; telecom; industrial; energy and utilities. It also witnesses growth in the insurance and banking, travel and transportation, and the government spaces. We therefore favor IBM for its wide range of products and large international exposure. IBM generates over a billion dollars in revenue from the Indian market. Revenue at IBM was driven by double-digit growth in markets such as India and China, which were up 10.0% in 2008. IBM expects these growing markets to drive revenue and increase growth beyond 2009. In comparison to the slowing U.S. markets and weak IT spending, the Indian market ]]></description>
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		<title>(JAVA) Oracle Getting Burned by Sun Deal? &#8211; Analyst Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. (ORCL) has agreed to buy Sun Microsystems, Inc. (JAVA) for $7.4 billion ($9.50 a share) after IBM Corp. (IBM) backed out of its deal. Oracle is a software company (successful software companies become &#8220;banks&#8221; because they generate so much cash) and so the antitrust problem that existed for IBM is not a factor in the Oracle transaction. This is a departure for Oracle and, in my opinion, is an expensive foray into uncharted territory. There is no reason to think that a software company can run a hardware and service business. So Sun is likely to retain the unsuccessful management that has failed to turn Sun back into a profitable company. The purchase price is too much; Sun having been shopped to all and sundry. This is a ]]></description>
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