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Sun Buys MySQL for $1B and Wall Street Mourns
Source:GigaOM Sun Microsystems said today it would pay $1 billion to buy privately held open-source database maker MySQL, a move that strengthens Sun’s ability to offer an alternative to prop...read more
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Topic(s): google, goog, infrastructure, java, articles, Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems, MySQL, Kevin Harvey, N, Peter Falvey, Revolution Partners
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700 MHz Auction Update
Source:GigaOM
So 214 bidders have been approved for the forthcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction, which starts on Jan. 24. The big bidders include AT&T, Verizon and Google. These bidders will go a...read more
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VCs Put $20 Million into Rural WiMAX
Source:GigaOM DigitalBridge Communications, a provider of WiMAX-based broadband-to-rural communities, announced a $20 million Series B round of financing Monday, showing that some investors believe ...read more
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Topic(s): mobile, broadband, infrastructure, wimax, clearwire, Sprint, DigitalBridge, Towerstream
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LogMeIn Files for $86M IPO; Gets Money from Intel
Source:GigaOM Remote computer access service provider LogMeIn has filed to raise up to $86.3 million through an initial public offering, according to a filing late last week with the SEC. The Woburn...read more
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Sun Plans for its Data Centers to Set
Source:GigaOM Sun Microsystems now has a firm plan to eliminate its data centers by 2015, which would bring the reality of on-demand computing to a company that has been focused on it for years. Bri...read more
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Software Firms Will Also Move to the Center in 2008
Source:GigaOM Much like the U.S. presidential candidates, software companies will move to the center in 2008. But the center of software doesn't lie between conservatism and liberalism -- it lies be...read more
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Here Comes Trouble: Navigating the Infotech to Telecom Chasm
Source:GigaOM Infotech and telecom business models operate at opposite ends of the product vs. services spectrum. So for infotech companies looking to play a greater role in communications -- notabl...read more
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