Cisco, Dell and Oracle among the list of high-profile buyers in 2009
The top 10 mergers and acquisitions in the network industry in 2009 all cracked the billion-dollar barrier, and involved vendors in hardware, IT services, collaboration, storage, wireless infrastructure and other segments. IT behemoths such as Oracle, Cisco, Dell, HP, EMC and IBM were among the biggest spenders.
$US1.2 billion cash payout to combine datacentre powerhouses to increase energy efficiency play
Datacentre vendor, Emerson, will acquire infrastructure management vendor, Avocent for $US1.2 billion.