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    After almost a year of uncertainty for IBA Health, iSOFT's shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved its 166 million pound takeover offer.

  • Volante names advisors on Commander bid

    Australian ICT infrastructure and services specialist Volante has retained Macquarie Bank and Deacons to help it assess a hostile AU$129.7 million takeover offer from telecommunications player Commander Communications.

  • UPDATE: SecureNet directors endorse big takeover bid

    Australian IT security company SecureNet has recommended its shareholders accept an AU$110 million take over bid by global security corporation beTrusted.

  • eSec to go in reverse acquisition

    One of Australia's only publicly listed information security companies, eSec, will next week disappear when gobbled up by Perth based outsourcer ASG after the anticipated approval of the deal at a shareholders meeting scheduled for Thursday.

  • IBA ups offer in iSoft takeover battle

    Australian e-health group IBA has re-entered the tug of war for UK software company iSoft with a revised takeover bid.

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    Is PeopleSoft's founder and long-time chief executive back at the helm to accept Oracle's takeover bid, or to dig in for a long-term battle?

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    One year on, the postmerger company is hanging on to most PeopleSoft customers, but some big tests still lie ahead. We look at what has passed and what is yet to come.

  • Mapping Australia's CRM future

    CRM might be a staid topic but unlike the Latham-Howard "great debate", at least the chief executives of two leading software companies -- Intentia and PeopleSoft -- had some pertinent views to exchange.

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  • It's crunch time for Palm

    Palm pioneered the smart phone, but if rumours prove true, the Treo maker may not survive as an independent company to watch its creation move from the corner office to the street corner.

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