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Oracle buys financial reporting software from HyperRoll

Oracle is buying software assets from HyperRoll to improve the reporting capabilities in Oracle's financial management software, the companies announced Monday.

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With ACS, Xerox will gain a firm growing quickly offshore

Xerox will gain a company whose offshore workforce has grown rapidly over the past year when its acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services closes early next year.

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'Facebook for feds' social networking site acquired

A serendipitous meeting in March between the CEOs of two cutting-edge tech firms focused on enhancing government communications has led to an acquisition.

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Xerox will buy business process outsourcer ACS for $6.4B

Xerox has agreed to buy business process outsourcer Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) for US$6.4 billion, in a move it hopes will allow it to expand beyond the field of document management, it said Monday.

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