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Mergers and acquisitions aren’t new for Broadcom. It has a history of successful M&As, and the most recent Avago-Broadcom merger is its biggest deal to date.

Last year, Dell said it anticipates roughly $2 billion in revenue synergies from the EMC transaction.

Intel’s acquisitions mostly revolve around vertical integration where it integrates the acquired company’s technology into its microprocessors.

Toyota began using the Just-in-Time method in 1938. However, the true potential of this strategy was realized when it integrated this strategy with TPS.

Nvidia is looking to diversify its revenue stream by targeting customers in the automotive market. In fiscal 3Q16, its revenue from automotive rose 52% YoY.

Micron’s technology transition will slow down the output and revenue in the short term. The company will be able to meet advanced memory products’ needs.

Toshiba is looking to start an evaluation system for the CEO and president of the company, in which 120 senior managers will hold a vote of confidence in January 2016.

Hewlett-Packard split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise. On the first day of trading, the companies’ shares moved in opposite directions.

The revenue synergies of the Dell-EMC merger are likely to be the result of EMC’s converged infrastructure making use of Dell servers and networking products.

Micron largely caters to PC and storage manufacturers. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Intel Corporation (INTC) and Kingston account for ~30% of Micron’s net sales.

Micron’s strategy for coping with competition is to reduce its manufacturing costs. It currently has higher manufacturing costs than Samsung and SK Hynix.

In this series, we’ll analyze the YTD performance of firms in the Technology, Hardware, and Storage subsector and that are a part of the Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK).

HP is considering the sale of its TippingPoint business. Some private equity firms have shown interest in TippingPoint, valuing the business in the range of $200–$300 million.

Cisco credits Meraki for the acceleration in revenue growth for Cisco’s commercial segment. Cisco’s year-over-year revenue growth for this segment rose to 11% in 4Q15.

Through the sale of H3C, HP became one of the first prominent US technology companies to give control to native Chinese owners.

Oracle’s strategy of transitioning to cloud seems to be yielding results. The revenue from overall software continues to dominate its top-line revenue.

Best Buy is building strong relationships with key suppliers to mitigate the impact of heightened competition from suppliers’ retail stores.

A loss of technology leadership means that NVIDIA will lose its competitive advantage. This will lead to lower margins through lower revenues and increased R&D spending.

“Big data” analysis requires large data set analysis and the creation of advanced analytic algorithms that are designed to identify insights, patterns, and trends that aren’t understood yet.

IBM’s Global Technology and Global Business Services combined form Global Services. Jointly, they contribute 57% of IBM Corp.’s (IBM) consolidated revenues.

Apple came out with its fiscal Q2 2014 earnings on Wednesday. The company mentioned in the call that it managed to sell 4.1 million Macs, which was a growth of 5% over the same quarter last year.