Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5 Billion
The deal is Microsoft's most expensive purchase ever.
Digg
del.icio.us
Newsvine
Facebook
Google
LinkedIn
MySpace
Reddit
Slashdot
StumbleUpon
Technorati
Twitter
Windows Live
YahooBuzz
FriendFeedLA Times: Microsoft has made its biggest purchase ever--the software giant will buy Web video conferencing service Skype for $8.5 billion in an all-cash deal. Skype's current owners, an investment group, bought the company from eBay in 2009 for just over $2 billion.
In a joint statement, the companies said, "The combination will extend Skype's world-class brand and the reach of its networked platform, while enhancing Microsoft's existing portfolio of real-time communications products and services."
One of the ways around the issues of security and control that make some businesses wary of cloud computing is to build a private cloud -- one that remains within the corporate firewall and is wholly controlled internally. Private clouds also increase the agility of IT an organization's IT infrastructure and make it easier to roll out new technology projects. Download this eBook to get the facts behind the private cloud and learn how your organization can get started.
0 Comments (click to add your comment)
Comment and Contribute
IT Offers
On the Forums
