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IBM Completes Acquisition of Sterling Commerce

Expands IBM’s Integration Portfolio and Cross-Channel Commerce Software for Marketing, Selling and Fulfillment IBM announced the closing of its acquisition of Sterling Commerce. The company expands IBM’s ability to help clients accelerate their interactions with customers, partners and suppliers through dynamic business networks using either on-premise or cloud delivery models. Organizations are looking for ways [...]

Opportunities for New Entrants in Wind and Solar Power Markets Stimulated by Projected Growth

As the burgeoning wind and solar power markets continue to expand, industry value chains are looking to adopt measures to sustain anticipated growth. For many component producers, the market growth rate will translate into a need to increase existing capacities, build new plants and spread out to new geographies. According to a recent study performed [...]

Marvell Acquires DS2 Technology

Deal enables Marvell to provide solutions that communicate over power lines Marvell announced it has acquired the intellectual property and assets of Diseno de Sistemas en Silicio S.A. (“DS2″), a supplier of high speed semiconductor solutions for powerline communications. Powerline technology converts any existing electrical power wiring into an intelligent, high-speed networking medium, enabling consumers [...]

Profitably Closes Seed Financing to Help Small Businesses Grow

New York startup secures $300k seed financing from North Bridge Venture Partners and a collection of early stage investors Profitably announced that the company has closed a $300k seed round of financing with terms driven by North Bridge Venture Partners. The company, founded in March of 2010, is developing a web application for small businesses [...]