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Broadcom seals Symantec deal to boost enterprise cloud security offering Broadcom has finalised a $10.7 billion cash agreement to buy the enterprise security arm of Symantec Corp. The chip manufacturer has been seeking to expand its software efforts. With the addition of Symantec, Broadcom will be able to provide integrated enterprise security solutions, the company… Read More

Salesforce’s 2019 spending spree crosses $17.6 billion threshold with ClickSoftware buy Salesforce has announced it has acquired field service software company ClickSoftware for $1.5 billion, just days after finalising the $15.7 billion Tableau deal. ClickSoftware is an Israeli company that provides field management software – in other words, tools that enable companies to monitor employee… Read More

Cisco buys optical interconnect specialist to develop intent-based networking portfolio Cisco has announced it is to buy one of its suppliers, optical interconnect specialist Acacia Communications, for $2.6bn (£2.08bn) in cash. The networking giant said the deal will strengthen its software, silicon and optics capabilities, helping the company to make networks smarter, simple and more… Read More

New $11bn IT services entity to be headquartered in London Japanese telecommunications company NTT Corp has consolidated three of its key IT businesses into a single $11bn (£8.7bn) business. The new technology services arm is called NTT Ltd and is made up of Dimension Data, NTT Communications and NTT Security. In total 28 brands have… Read More

Cloud data management company has revealed all to investors in its latest annual report, providing a candid assessment of the difficulties involved in integrating it and Hortonworks’ platforms Cloudera has accumulated a deficit of $1.1 billion, posted a six-figure net loss for the third year running, and warned losses will keep on piling up “for… Read More