[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Salesforce.com has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire social media marketing platform Buddy Media, for approximately $689 million payable in cash and salesforce.com equity. Salesforce.com will acquire Buddy Media for approximately $467 million in cash and $184…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium has elected nine people to the board of directors and elected officers to serve through spring 2014. Kathryn Kranen, President and CEO of Jasper Design Automation, was elected chairman by the new…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Direct sales technology and fulfillment services provider WineDirect has acquired Vin65, a website and eCommerce platform for wineries and retailers who sell their products direct-to-consumer. The size of the acquisition was not shared. Vin65′s founder, Andrew Kamphuis, will join…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Kingston Technology is shipping HyperX dual-channel kits engineered especially for the new Intel third-generation Core i7 and i5 processors (Ivy Bridge). Kingston HyperX memory is available in 16GB and 8GB kits of two at 1600MHz, 2133MHz, 2400MHz and soon to be…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] The Samsung Galaxy S III is coming to U.S. consumers on five major service providers. The phone will be launching with AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular starting in June. Exact pricing and retail availability will…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Accenture has signed a five-year application development and maintenance services agreement with Nordea, a financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region. Under the terms of the agreement, Accenture will develop and maintain existing and new…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Picplz, the Instagram-like photo-editing and sharing app, and one of its primary competitors, is closing shop. “We have decided to move on to other projects” says the company in a brief blog post. Users have till July 3 of…
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Vista Equity Partners has completed its acquisition of Misys. As part of this acquisition, Misys and Turaz, the business that includes the Kondor+ product line, are now one company officially operating as one under the name “Misys”. “The financial services…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] InnRoad, a SaaS solution for hotel property management has secured $5.8 million in a Series B financing. Blue Heron Capital and Rose Park Advisors led the round. Patrick Campbell from Blue Heron and Matt Christensen of Rose Park will…
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[Techtaffy Newsdesk] T-Mobile USA is the exclusive sponsor of Signature Sounds, an original video series and traveling music program hosted on AOL Music and AOL On, says AOL. The Web series features 12 original video episodes that take users on a…
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