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AVG Technologies Acquires Level Platforms
AVG Technologies the provider of Internet and mobile security, privacy and optimization to 150 million active users,  announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire, subject to closing, the business of LPI Level Platforms Inc., a leading remote monitoring and management software company from Canada.  

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Netflix boosts original programming with DreamWorks deal
Video streaming service Netflix Inc signed an exclusive multiyear deal for a slate of new TV series from "Shrek" creator DreamWorks Animation , deepening its push into original programming to stand apart from Internet competitors.

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Sophos Recognizes Partners at Global Partner Conferences
800 partners attend Americas, Asia/Pac and EMEA events to hear about the latest in complete security innovations

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Angoss Software Corporation Acquired by Peterson Partners for $8.4 Million
Strategic Buyout Expected to Position Angoss to Expand Its Leadership in Fast-Growing Predictive Analytics Marketplace

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How Small Businesses Become Big Job Creators
Word of Mouth More Important Than Online Tools For Hiring Decisions

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Google Has $1.1 Billion in Means for Nav Start-Up Waze
Waze, founded in 2008, claims it has 50 million users who share real-time traffic information via an app that is part social network and part GPS, offering turn-by-turn navigation but learning best routes intuitively from users' driving times.

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Zynga Shuts Down "Draw Something" unit Amid Massive Layoffs

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IBM to Acquire SoftLayer to Accelerate Adoption of Cloud Computing in the Enterprise
IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire SoftLayer Technologies, Inc., the world's largest privately held cloud computing infrastructure provider.

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Domtar completes the acquisition of Xerox's U.S. and Canadian Paper Business

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KEMP Technologies Expands Channel Footprint in Canada through Distribution Agreement with SYNNEX Canada
Agreement with tier-one Canadian national distributor addresses increased customer demand for high availability load balancers and ADCs for business-critical applications  

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Deloitte Acquires Vigilant's Market Leading Cyber Security Services Business
Acquisition complements Deloitte's market-leading security practice and aggressively positions Deloitte as the cyber threat consultancy of the future  

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Business Barometer - Small business confidence edges down in May

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Cisco Completes Acquisition of Ubiquisys
Cisco  announced it has completed the acquisition of privately held Ubiquisys. Headquartered in Swindon, U.K., Ubiquisys is a leading provider of intelligent 3G and long-term evolution (LTE) small-cell technologies that provide seamless connectivity across mobile heterogeneous networks for service providers.

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SolarWinds About To Acquire N-ABLE
Texas based SolarWinds announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held N-able Technologies, a leader in Cloud-based remote monitoring and management (RMM) and service automation software for Managed Service Providers (MSPs).

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Smaller businesses face bigger banking challenges
Credit unions the best for small business; among the big banks, CIBC still the worst

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Yahoo board approves $1.1 billion Tumblr

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Gartner Says PC Market in Western Europe Declined 20.5 Percent in First Quarter of 2013
France Exhibited Weakest PC Shipments of the Region's Three Biggest Country Markets

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SOASTA Broadens Leadership with Cloud Testing in Production

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Involuntary IT Managers Cost Small Businesses Billions
In a survey of 538 small businesses, involuntary IT managers lost, on average, about six hours per week -- that's about 300 hours per year --- of business productivity while managing IT, according to AMI-Partners.

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Facebook May Buy Crowdsourced Map Firm Waze for $1B
Analyst Avi Greengart questioned whether the mapping aspect of Waze would be that important to Facebook. 

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