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Rivals brace as Microsoft's LinkedIn buy raises stakes in social network integration, questioning the future harmony of tech's biggest players.

Microsoft has agreed to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2bn in a deal seen as a move to defend against the arrival of Facebook at Work.

Your data is for sale. It's something we've all known for a while now but $26.2 billion later the conversation has been reignited.

So you saw the announcement: Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for over $26bn. Our team were contemplating the meaning of the deal.

Microsoft's recent purchase of LinkedIn shows that in a world of smart of machines, content is king and the new code base.

Symantec announced the acquisition of web and cloud security specialist Blue Coat. Symantec is about to become bigger and more powerful than the rest.

Microsoft will acquire business social networking website LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction totalling $26.2 billion.

NZ telco provider Spark has said it's business as usual for the company, after the news broke this week that Sky will be buying out Vodafone NZ.

Fortinet strengthens its security prowess with a strategic US$28m AccelOps buy, delving into the booming SIEM market.

Document management firm G3 Group has reported a 12% increase in profit of $2.14 million and is set to raise capital for expansion plans.

The Internet of Things (IoT) & its dependence on the cloud has created new, critical security challenges in the escalating fight against cyber-crime.

Consumer-centric ecosystems will enable manufacturers, retailers & consumers to experience the digital acquisition of goods and services.

Over the last few weeks, there have been several items in the news that mark an increasing trend about data ownership and usage.

Amid extensive IT disruption fueled by ongoing customer desires to transform IT ecosystems and accelerate business initiatives, EMC sits on the cusp.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has the necessary pieces to capitalise on the current disruption hitting the storage world.

The cloud vendor market is becoming increasingly complex, driven by suppliers adopting unclear and overlapping positions for hybrid cloud solutions.

Demand for micro-mobile data centers is heating up, thanks in part to power consumption and carbon emission 'challenges'.

Endpoint threat detection is driving the most new security revenue, according to a new report, which also highlights a changing market for vendors.

Landesk has completed its AppSense acquisition which expands its offerings to management of both physical and virtual devices and endpoint protection.

Following customer-facing applications, human capital management (HCM) systems are transitioning rapidly to a cloud-delivered SaaS model.