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Featured Articles » Plainview Claims Record Growth in 2011 Due to Strong Portfolio Management Market » Everest Group Study Predicts Strong 2012 for Procurement Outsourcing Market » Google to Complete $12.5 Billion Motorola Acquisition This Week » ASB Appoints Janis Deroche as Director for International Sourcing and Procurement   Sponsored By: RapidFire Tools WEBINAR: How to use Network Assessments to Grow your Business Thursday, May 24th at 2 pm ET REGISTER TODAY Please join us on Thursday, May 24th at 2 pm Eastern Time as we host RapidFire Tools VP of Sales Mark Winter for an enlightening presentation on how to use Network Assessments to grow your business.. The presentation will cover the three primary ways that a Network Assessment should be used within the context of your current service portfolio: New Business Generation, Client Audits, and Network Change Management. All three of these areas will lead to both improved client service and growth of your business.   Top Stories » IHS and EnVizTec Collaborate for Operational Risk Solutions » Leeyo Integrates RevPro Revenue Recognition Solution with SAP Business ByDesign SaaS Solution » General Cable Corporation Sets Eyes on Alcan Cable in $185 Million Acquisition » Web Trader 2.0 Integrated with eToro OpenBook   From The Expert Corner Google to Complete $12.5 Billion Motorola Acquisition This Week By Mike Lata, TMCnet Contributor Motorola (News - Alert) is about to be submerged into Google's Mountain View world this week as the $12.5 billion deal is about to close, according to the Huffington Post. An approval of the deal by regulators in China removed the final hurdle from closing the deal. When Google (News - Alert) first announced the acquisition in 2011, the search giant and mobile OS developer stunned many analysts and investors. Motorola Mobility has mostly been a hardware company focusing on mobile devices while Google has freely distributed its open source mobile operating system, Android, to companies just like Motorola in the past. This was why the move was so surprising as Google has not shown too much interest in creating its own devices or hardware. However, when delving into the acquisition deeper, it makes perfect sense. Google not only can use Motorola's skills as a hardware maker to release future products, like upcoming mobile devices in the Nexus lineup. The company aims to benefit from Motorola's library of patents it has accumulated over the years. Motorola held over 17,000 patents before the acquisition took place... Read More    Featured Videos Business Video Spotlight - Sorenson    Featured Resources » IBM Business Analytics for telcos » Google Analytics Integration » Monitoring ROI   TMCnet's Blogs » HTML5 Continues to Be Big Tech News » Say it With Skype Facebook app Wants to Be American Idol   Featured Channels » Account Receivable Management » Forensic Accounting » Call Accounting » Business Ethernet   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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