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The HP-Autonomy lawsuit: Timeline of an M&A disaster

CIO Business Intelligence

Rather than selling software to customers, HP said, Autonomy had been selling them hardware at a loss, then booking the sales as software licensing revenue. November 2005: Autonomy agrees to buy search technology developer Verity for $500 milllion, its third acquisition of the year after NCorp (in February) and etalk (in June).

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Tech Moves: Ex-Amazon sports leader lands at DraftKings; Seattle tech vet launches advisory firm

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Debique is a former longtime Microsoft leader and also co-founded a startup called SyncFloor which aimed to provide licensed commercial music to businesses and creators. Plainsight launched in 2007 and serves customers in various industries including manufacturing, food service, real estate, and more. Regan Sheehy. Steven F.

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Valve sued by Immersion in patent infringement lawsuit related to haptic technology

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If you’ve ever held a Nintendo Switch and felt it vibrate in reaction to something you did in a video game, such as land from a long fall or fire a gun, that was done via Immersion’s licensed tech.

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Eight key developments in the global media industry: July 2006 – June 2007 - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Developments continue apace – we’ll be keeping track… Industry transactions News Corp offers $5 billion for the Dow Jones, including the Wall Street Journal (finalized July 2007). Layoffs and closures There are 4,391 media layoffs in the US in first quarter of 2007 are, up 93% on the same period in 2006. 800 million).

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Trend map for 2007 and beyond - Trends in the Living Networks

Trends in the Living Networks

Off to Japan… » Trend map for 2007 and beyond Ross Dawson, December 18, 2006 10:11 PM US PT Given it’s festive season now, it’s probably time for a bit of fun. Click on the map below to get the full pdf. Have a browse through to see some of the more interesting trends in the landscape. The map shows key trends in each sect.

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Wizards of the Coast in court: ‘Dragonlance’ authors file suit over rights to classic ‘D&D’ franchise

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16, original Dragonlance authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman had a licensing deal with Wizards that would allow them to write a new trilogy of Dragonlance novels, which would be published through Penguin Random House. According to the terms of their lawsuit, filed against the Renton, Wash.-based based games publisher in Seattle on Oct.

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What is ITIL? Your guide to the IT Infrastructure Library

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Later, the ITIL Refresh Project in 2007 consolidated the ITIL to five volumes consisting of 26 process and functions — this is referred to as the ITIL 2007 edition. The five volumes remained, and ITIL 2007 and ITIL 2011 remained similar. But to use ITIL internally, organizations do not need a license. History of ITIL.

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