Global vendor strategies - 12/06/07
IBM launches a friendly bid on Swedish Telelogic, for about €560m in cash. Telelogic is number 1 in Europe for mobile apps and services integration.
Microsoft enhances Office Live Meeting with fully integrated video, VOIP, multi-functions features, and Microsoft Forefront security. In addition, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has passed US DoD' s certification and can now be sold to US administrations.
CapGemini (Europe) could be still be interested by Atos Origin (France) in whole or by some parts only.
Apple is opening the new iPhone OS (to be released in 10/07) to 3rd party developers. A revolution in Apple strategy.
Cisco is investing in Israeli startup Oversi , a P2P traffic management system firm that specializes in video content distribution.