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• HP's 3Com acquisition finalised

  HP’s acquisition of 3Com is now complete, freeing the vendor to begin integrating 3Com’s network switching, routing and security solutions with its existing ProCurve solutions.

• Fuji Xerox snags Triangle Corporation

  Fuji Xerox Australia has acquired its sole distributor in Australia and 10-year partner, wide format printing specialists, Triangle Corporation.

• RIM buys mobile software developer Viigo

  Research In Motion has purchased Viigo, a developer of software that delivers syndicated content to mobile phones, according to a brief note on Viigo's Web site.

• Novell target of hedge fund's $US2 billion takeover bid

  Novell, one of the earliest names in networking, Tuesday received an unsolicited takeover bid worth about $US2 billion by a New York hedge fund.

• IBM acquires Intelliden to boost network automation

  IBM has acquired Intelliden, a network automation software vendor, and will integrate the company's technology into its Tivoli Software group.

• Google buys social search company Aardvark

  Google is buying Aardvark, a company that fields questions and routes them for answers to the most qualified respondents within the user's social-networking circle.

• Dell acquires systems management vendor Kace

  Dell acquired security vendor Kace Networks, a systems management appliance company, for an undisclosed amount on Thursday.

• Oracle buys AmberPoint for SOA management

  Oracle on Monday fattened up its already burgeoning middleware stack, announcing Monday that it has purchased SOA (service oriented architecture) management vendor AmberPoint. Terms were not disclosed.

• IBM buying MDM vendor Initiate Systems

  IBM announced Wednesday that it plans to buy MDM (master data management) vendor Initiate Systems. Terms of the deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed.

• NorthgateArinso to acquire Australia's Neller

  Global human resources software and services provider NorthgateArinso will acquire Australian software provider Neller in a move to expand their operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

• TPG to raise $70m to pay off debt

  TPG Telecom (ASX:TPM) is to go on a $70m capital raising path, via a share placement, to reduce the group’s net debt following the proposed $350m acquisition of Pipe Networks.

• DataMotion Asia Pacific to uprgade data centre

  DataMotion Asia Pacific (ASX:DMN) has announced it will significantly invest in its local data centre and go on the acquisition trail following a recent capital raising rights issue.

• Informatica plugs MDM hole with Siperian buy

  Informatica has purchased MDM (master data management) vendor Siperian for about US$130 million, strengthening its hand against larger rivals such as IBM and Oracle.

• Oracle and Sun to push private cloud solutions

  The Oracle and Sun Microsystems road map [[artnid: 333300|due to be announced this week by Larry Ellison]] will likely include moves to forge the pair into a solutions provider in the vein of IBM and HP, according to analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.

• European Union clears Oracle's purchase of Sun

  The European Commission granted Oracle an unconditional approval to take over Sun Microsystems on Thursday, following a controversial and drawn out examination of the deal.The deal still awaits approval in other jurisdictions, including Russia and China, but approval in the European Union is a big step forward for a deal hailed by some as transformational for the entire software industry, and by others as the killer of one of the most successful open source programs in the world, the MySQL database.