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IBM to acquire Tealeaf Technology
Armonk, N.Y. -- IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Tealeaf Technology, San Francisco, a provider of customer experience analytics software that helps organizations to gain intelligence and react more swiftly to consumer trends in today's digitally transformed marketplace. Financial details were not disclosed.
The acquisition is expected to close in second quarter 2012.
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Microsoft/Barnes & Noble Joint Venture: Winning proposition for both companies
On Monday, Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership in a new unnamed Barnes & Noble subsidiary that, for the time being, is being identified as Newco. Here some comments from retail consultant Maggie Gilliam (Gilliam Insights) on the new venture: