mergers and acquisitions
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Cloud Company Consolidation: Getting Ready for the Next Cycle?Over the past few weeks there have been a spat of announcements related to a new cycle of cloud technology consolidations and mergers. Is this a sign that cloud computing is entering the next great technology revolution cycle, or is it the beginning of the end of cloud innovation? | 
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Nokia Sells Off Mobile Business for More Than $7.5 BillionThe Nokia Corporation unloaded its mobile phone sector to Microsoft. The Finnish company sold off its once industry-leading telecom section to Microsoft for more than $7.5 billion. The transaction for Nokia's handset assets, now a mobile afterthought, has taken about eight months to finalize. | 
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Snapchat Rejects $3B Offer—What This Says about Tech Startups TodayWhat company would turn down a three-billion-dollar cash acquisition offer from Facebook? Snapchat would, and the reasons why are interesting. Unlike in the past, mobile technology offerings now don’t need a big parent company to become successful. Today's startups want to do it on their own. | 
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Microsoft Goes All In with Skype Mergers and acquisitions are interesting to keep track of, especially when it comes to how merged and acquired brands perform a few years down the line. Rajini Bharath looks at what happens internally from a quality standpoint to prepare for a transition to an acquired brand. |
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