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Last Thursday, Oracle announced its acquisition of Taleo Corporation for about $1.9 billion. Taleo focuses on utilizing talent management processes in the cloud. According to Oracle, one of the main goals of the transaction is to enable a wide range of organizations to better administer their human resource operations. With this deal, Oracle and Taleo… View Article

The Private Equity trends report covers transactions made by financially sponsored acquirers within the Information Industry – defined as media, software, and online & mobile companies – including acquisitions made by subsidiaries or platforms of private equity firms. “Although deal volume involving PE fluctuated throughout 2011, our data does present a healthy year to year… View Article

The Information Industry trends report is defined by Berkery Noyes as covering Media, Software, and Online & Mobile companies. “Large tech players were heavily involved in intellectual property M&A,” said James Berkery, Chief Information Officer at Berkery Noyes. “Strong strategic interest in the sector was evident in 2011. For instance, Nortel sold 6,000 wireless patents… View Article

“2011 was a successful year for M&A in the education industry across most sectors in terms of activity and valuations,” said Berkery Noyes managing director Mary Jo Zandy. “This momentum has further built in the first quarter of 2012. Areas of most interest to acquirers at the present time are online education, education services and… View Article

By Joe Berkery M&A transaction value and volume are returning to pre-recession levels, according to the latest Berkery Noyes research. The total number of transactions (volume) for the six months to October 21, 2011 was 1,163, higher than the previous peak of 1,070 recorded for the six months prior to April 21, 2007, reflecting strong interest… View Article