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HPE sets timetable for leaving China as it refocuses investments

The company is shuffling assets as it pivots towards higher-margin, higher-growth market areas.

By Lynn Greiner

May 28, 2024 3 mins

Cloud Computing Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry

T-Mobile deal could mean advantages for UScellular customers

T-Mobile has agreed to buy the bulk of UScellular's wireless operations in a $4.4 billion deal announced Tuesday.

By Paul Barker

May 28, 2024 3 mins

Carriers Mergers and Acquisitions Telecommunications Industry

End of road for VMware’s end-user computing and security units: Broadcom

Broadcom is refocusing VMWare on creating private and hybrid cloud environments for large enterprises and divesting its non-core assets.

By Sam Reynolds

Dec 8, 2023 3 mins

Mergers and Acquisitions

Broadcom to lay off over 1,200 VMware employees as deal closes

The closing of VMware’s $69 billion acquisition by Broadcom will lead to layoffs, with 1,267 VMware workers set to lose their jobs at the start of the new year.

By Jon Gold

Dec 1, 2023 3 mins

Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry

China clears Broadcom’s $69B VMware acquisition, allowing deal to close

Five days before the two companies’ merger agreement was due to expire, the deal has passed its final regulatory hurdle.

By Charlotte Trueman

Nov 21, 2023 2 mins

Mergers and Acquisitions Server Virtualization Technology Industry

Cisco significantly bolsters security portfolio with $28B Splunk buy

Cisco expects to integrate Splunk technology across security systems.

By Michael Cooney

Sep 21, 2023 8 mins

Cisco Systems Cloud Security Mergers and Acquisitions

UK authority OKs Broadcom’s VMware buy but regulatory hurdles remain

The UK’s Competetion and Markets Authority has approved Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware, but the deal still faces hurdles, including Chinese regulatory approval.

By Jon Gold

Aug 21, 2023 3 mins

Laws and Regulations Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry

UK competition agency provisionally OKs Broadcom’s $61B VMware acquisition

Eight months after launching an investigation into whether the deal would reduce competition in the UK, the CMA has provisionally cleared the acquisition.

By Charlotte Trueman

Jul 19, 2023 3 mins

Laws and Regulations Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry

EU OKs Broadcom acquisition of VMware, with strings attached

Broadcom’s bid to buy up VMware clears a key regulatory hurdle with the conditional approval of EU authorities.

By Jon Gold

Jul 12, 2023 3 mins

Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry Virtualization

Japan bolsters its chip industry with buyout of equipment maker JSR

In its latest bid to support home-grown chip manufacturing, the Japanese government has sought to consolidate the country’s grip over some chemicals that are vital to the chip making process.

By Charlotte Trueman

Jun 26, 2023 2 mins

Computer Components Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry