Opalis
Acquisition date: 12/11/2009
Acquisition info: link
Price: undisclosed
Profile: Opalis is a leader in IT process ..more»
Teamprise
Tags:2009, applications, Microsoft
Acquisition date: 11/09/2009
Acquisition info: link
Price: undisclosed
Profile: Teamprise-related assets of SourceGear LLC ..more»
DATAllegro
Acquisition date: 07/24/2008
Acquisition info: link
Price: Undisclosed
Profile: DATAllegro developed a product that ..more»
Local investments are not an interest
Tags:google, Microsoft, trend review, Yahoo
Trend report: 06/20/2008
Trend review: By viewing the trendsactions portfolios, we can suggest local routes expansions are not to hold an interest by Google, Microsoft nor Yahoo. In the last 3 years, those falling under this category were ..more»
Microsoft’s main business interests during the last 3 years
Tags:Microsoft, trend review
Trend report: 06/14/2008
Trend review: Since 2005 Microsoft has added to its acquisition portfolio companies that deal with applications (15), advertising (8), office (7) and search (5). Out of all those acquisitions, 4 of the acquired companies are considered “big shots (4): Fast (search), Aquantive (advertising), Spring Source (applications) and - Facebook shares (social media).
Google is a slow shopper relatively to Microsoft
Tags:google, Microsoft, trend review
Trend report: 05/25/2008
Trend review: Since the beginning of 2007 Google has acquired 16 companies. During this time, Microsoft has been doing some heavy purchasing, mostly to build out its on-line presence– has acquired 24 companies: 15 companies during 2007 , and another 9 companies this year 2008.