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Yahoo Turning to AOL As White Knight?
Two updates on the takeover front that could have implications for the data center industry:
The Time of London is reporting that Yahoo! is seeking to restart merger talks with AOL as a means of defending itself against the $45 billion bid approach from Microsoft.
This weekend’s rumor mill also featured reports that Salesforce.com may be shopping itself to Oracle for $75 a share. Salesforce Times has links to all the blogospheric conjecture on this report. As always, take both of these with a liberal helping of salt.
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February 11th, 2008