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DropBox acquires Mailbox; impact on part of email

March 17, 2013
Philbert Shih

DropBox acquired a Silicon Valley-based startup Mailbox for an undisclosed amount. ...

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Burning Questions: What is the main dynamic in M&A these days?

March 16, 2013
Philbert Shih

What is main dynamic driving M&A in the sector today? ...

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Google Apps wins enterprise deal

March 15, 2013
Philbert Shih

Google Apps convinced another enterprise to move to Google Apps for communication and collaboration....

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Burning Questions: What do we make of the M&A rumour mill?

March 14, 2013
Philbert Shih

Media reports indicate that large legacy IT vendors like IBM and EMC could be interested in acquirin...

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Equinix opens Seattle data centre

March 14, 2013
Philbert Shih

Equinix added inventory in Seattle as it moves to address demand from network and hosting providers ...

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VMware brings on veteran Savvis hand to head public cloud arm

March 14, 2013
Philbert Shih

Bill Fathers, formerly of Savvis, will head the new VMware business unit that will roll out a retail...

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VMware moves to the public cloud; implications for hosters

March 14, 2013
Philbert Shih

The rumour mill has been churning for weeks and VMware finally confirmed that it is building out a r...

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CentriLogic acquires Capris Group; scale, inventory, capabilities (update)

March 13, 2013
Philbert Shih

We had a chance to chat with CentriLogic and gain a bit more insight into both the acquisition and t...

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OVH raises €140m for expansion

March 13, 2013
Philbert Shih

France’s OVH closed a significant capital raise that will go toward its expansion efforts. ...

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Pacnet to build data centre in Singapore

March 12, 2013
Philbert Shih

Pacnet will invest $90m (US currency) to build out a new data centre facility in Singapore. ...

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Office 365 goes to India; adoption metrics

March 12, 2013
Philbert Shih

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Vantage expands in Santa Clara; adds wholesale customer

March 11, 2013
Philbert Shih

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