Top Tech Acquisitions of 2009
In the start of 2009, due to the recession, acquisitions were at a standstill. However, a few months into the year as summer 2009 approached, the deals started to flow. That pace was held throughout the rest of the year. The following list represents technology deals (web, software, hardware and mobile)
Topping the list is Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems for a whopping $7.4 billion . Second on that list is Xerox’s purchase of Affiliated Computer Services for $5.75 billion, followed by Panasonic’s Acquisition of Sanyo for $4.6 billion. Other deals included Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.
Here’s a list of the top 30 tech acquisitions of 2009:
| Company | Acquirer | price |
| 1. Sun Microsystems | Oracle Corporation | $7,400,000,000 |
| 2. Affiliated Computer Services | Xerox | $5,750,000,000 |
| 3. Sanyo | Panasonic | $4,600,000,000 |
| 4. Marvel Entertainment | The Walt Disney Company | $4,000,000,000 |
| 5. Perot Systems | Dell | $3,900,000,000 |
| 6. Tandberg | Cisco | $3,400,000,000 |
| 7. Unitymedia | Liberty Global | $3,000,000,000 |
| 8. Starent Networks | Cisco | $2,900,000,000 |
| 9. 3Com | Hewlett-Packard | $2,700,000,000 |
| 10. Data Domain | EMC Corporation | $2,100,000,000 |
| 11. Omniture | Adobe Systems | $1,800,000,000 |
| 12. Varian | Agilent | $1,500,000,000 |
| 13. SPSS | IBM | $1,200,000,000 |
| 14. Zappos | Amazon | $1,200,000,000 |
| 15. Wind River | Intel | $884,000,000 |
| 16. iPCS | Sprint Nextel | $831,000,000 |
| 17. Interwoven | Autonomy | $775,000,000 |
| 18. Nortel Networks | Ciena | $769,000,000 |
| 19. AdMob | $750,000,000 | |
| 20. Pure Digital Technologies | Cisco | $590,000,000 |
| 21. WildBlue | ViaSat | $568,000,000 |
| 22. Razorfish | Publicis Groupe | $530,000,000 |
| 23. Virgin Mobile USA | Sprint Nextel | $483,000,000 |
| 24. Web Reservations International | Hellman & Friedman | $458,000,000 |
| 25. LifeSize Communications | Logitech | $405,000,000 |
| 26. Playfish | Electronic Arts | $400,000,000 |
| 27. BuscaPe | Naspers | $374,000,000 |
| 28. SpringSource | VMware | $362,000,000 |
| 29. BBN Technologies | Raytheon | $350,000,000 |
| 30. Retail Convergence | GSI Commerce | $350,000,000 |