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     2005 -

This page highlights ICT industry developments from 2005 onwards.

It covers -

• 2005
• 2006
• 2007

Context is provided by the broader media and communications timeline elsewhere on this site.

     2005

• Oracle buys Siebel for US$5.8bn
• IBM pays US$1.1bn for Ascential
• Oracle buys PeopleSoft (business management software) for US$11.1bn
• Hitachi pays US$2bn for IBM's hard disk business
• Oracle buys Retek (retailing software) for US$701m
• Adobe buys Macromedia for US$3.4bn
• Oracle buys TimesTen (database software)
• Oracle buys ProfitLogic (retail software)
• eBay agrees to pay US$2.6bn for Skype
• Oracle buys Context Media (content integration software)
• Oracle pays US$608m for 43% stake in I-flex (banking software and services)
• LogicaCMG pays £626m for Unilog
• Oracle buys G-Log (global logistics management)
• Cisco agrees to pay US$6.9bn for Scientific-Atlanta
• Oracle buys Innobase (OS database transactional engine)
• Oracle buys OctetString, Oblix and Thor Technologies (identity management)
• Oracle buys TempoSoft (workforce management)

     2006

• Texas Instruments sells sensors & controls unit to Bain Capital for US$3bn
• Kohlberg Kravis Roberts pays US$900m for Flextronics Software Systems
• Lexar Media acquired by Micron Technology for US$682m
• For-side.com acquires iTouch for £184m
• Lucent bids US$207m for Riverstone Networks
• Alcatel and Lucent Technologies agree on US$13.4bn merger
• Infor Global Solutions agrees to buy enterprise software maker SSA Global Technologies for US$1.6bn
• Seagate Technology and Maxtor merge in US$1.9bn deal
• Novell sells Celerant Consulting for US$77m in MBO backed by Caledonia Investments
• Symphony Technology agrees to buy Hummingbird for US$465m
• EDS acquires controlling stake in Mphasis for US$380m
• Cisco Systems acquires communications software start-ups Metreos and Audium for US$47.8m
• Oracle buys 360Commerce (retailing/supply chain management software)
• Oracle buys Siebel Systems for US$6.1bn (customer relationship management software)
• Oracle buys SleepyCat (open source database)
• Oracle buys HotSip (VOIP software)
• Oracle pays US$117m to increase stake in I-flex to 48%
• Oracle agrees to pay US$220m for Portal Software (telecom billing software)
• EMC agrees to buy RSA Security for about US$2.1bn
• Oracle bids for Demantra (sales management software)
• Advanced Micro Devices agrees to buy graphics chip maker ATI Technologies for US$5.4bn
• Hewlett-Packard agrees to pay US$4.5bn to acquire Mercury Interactive
• Philips sells 80.1% of chip unit to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Silver Lake Partners and Alpinvest consortium for €6.4bn
• Brocade Communications Systems agrees to buy McData Corporation for US$713m
• IBM agrees to buy MRO Software for US$740m
• IBM pays US$1.6bn for FileNet Corp.
• LogicaCMG pays £882m for WM-Data
• IBM buys Webify Solutions
• Google buys Neven Vision
• IBM agrees to pay US$1.3bn for Internet Security Systems
• Lap Shun Hui buys Packard Bell from NEC
• RealNetworks agreed to buy WiderThan of South Korea for US$350m
• Motorola agrees to pay US$3.9bn for Symbol Technologies
• IBM moves global procurement headquarters to southern China
• Open Solutions agrees to be acquired by Providence Equity Partners and Carlyle Group for US$1.3bn
• Atex Group agrees to buy the Unisys media unit for cUS$50m

     2007

• Microsoft fined US$1.52bn for infringing Alcatel-Lucent digital music patent
• Cisco Systems agrees to buy antispam solutions specialist IronPort Systems for US$830m
• Oracle agrees to acquire Hyperion for US$3.3bn
• Cisco agrees to buy online meeting company WebEx Communications for US$3.2bn
• MBO of iTouch for £50m
• Google buys DoubleClick for US$1.3bn
• Experian pays US$240m for Hitwise
• Yahoo buys remaining 80% of Right Media for US$680m
• Fujitsu agrees to buy GFI Informatique of France for US$569m
• SAP agrees to buy OutlookSoft for US$550m
• Oracle pays US$495m for Agile Software
• Google acquires DoubleClick for US$3.1bn
• Microsoft pays US$800m for TellMe (est 1999)
• WPP buys internet ad broker 24/7 Real Media for US$649m
• Microsoft agrees to pay US$6bn for ad broker aQuantive
• Google pays US$100m for FeedBurner
• Verint Systems pays US$950m for Witness Systems
• IBM buys Watchfire
• IBM buys Swedish software provider Telelogic for US$745m
• Authorize.Net Holdings (Lightbridge) acquired by CyberSource for US$565m
• Autonomy's buys e-discovery and archiving specialist Zanataz for US$375m
• ITouch acquired by Buongiorno for €141m
• Hewlett-Packard agrees to pay US$1.6bn for Opsware (est 1999 as Loudcloud)
• Hewlett-Packard agrees to buy thin-client specialist Neoware for US$334m
• Acer agrees to acquire Gateway for US$710m

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