Microsoft has splashed out again. They have just acquired open-source source code management and sharing platform GitHub for $7.5bn. GitHub has a community of 28 million developers and hosts 85 million repositories of code. GitHub is used to host some of the most significant open-source projects, including Ansible, Kubernetes and many others. Microsoft’s last major purchase was…
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Broadcom completes drawn-out acquisition of Brocade
Broadcom has finally achieved completion on its acquisition of Brocade. Announced in November 2016, this deal has finally completed. Brocade disposed of various units, such as the vRouter team to AT&T. The closing of the deal also releases others for completion. Expect to see deals closing soon including its Wifi business, Ruckus, and IP and…
All 500 top supercomputers run Linux
The Top500 list regularly polls the organisations that run supercomputers creating a list of largest, fastest, most efficient and so on. The 50th release of the Top500 list was released yesterday. And there have been some changes. The first is the rise in the number of Chinese supercomputers, putting them ahead of the United States for…
South Atlantic submarine cable links USA and India
An agreement between Seaborn Networks and IOX Cable will see a new cable route established between the USA and India. (Seaborn Networks and IOX Cable Ltd to Provide First Subsea Route Between U.S. and India via Brazil and South Africa) This relies on the SABR cable that will link Brazil and South Africa, ready for…
Broadcom plans $103bn takeover of Qualcomm
Having announced a move of their headquarters to the US, Broadcom is now targeting another chipmaker for a takeover. Even with the Brocade deal stuck in CIFUS negotiations, they are looking to target Qualcomm . Given that both Qualcomm and Broadcom have income streams from WiFi and LTE chipsets. The combination of both companies will potentially…
Lenovo buys control of Fujitsu’s PC business
Lenovo and Fujitsu have announced the creation of a joint-venture company. Lenovo is effectively buying a 51% controlling stake in Fujitsu’s FCCL (Fujitsu Client Computing Ltd). Fujitsu is selling an additional 5% to Development Bank of Japan (DBJ). Fujitsu gains about 28bn¥, providing them with cash for the rest of the business. Lenovo pays 25.5bn¥,…
President Trump announces Broadcom HQ relocation back to the US
An effort is being made to move forward on the Broadcom and Brocade deal, currently stuck in negotiations with CIFUS. Broadcom CEO Hock Tan yesterday met US President, Donald Trump, in the Oval Office. Together they made an announcement that Broadcom will bring their headquarters back to the US. The statement is being widely reported in…
CenturyLink completes acquisition of Level 3
CenturyLink has completed its acquisition of Level 3 Communications. In their press-release (CenturyLink completes acquisition of Level 3), they claim they are now positioned to: Offer a broader, innovative product portfolio of network solutions and advanced IT services designed to meet complex technology and threat protection needs Deliver these solutions and services to enterprise, government,…