Microsoft Buys a Small Company to Acquire Its Cutting-Edge Technology

(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- Rather than relying on the development of its own in-house technology, Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased the Israeli company Kidaro Ltd in order to acquire its virtualization technology, The Deal.com reported on Thursday in an online article.

The reportedly $100 million dollar purchase price suggests that Microsoft must have big plans for the use of Kidaro’s technology.

The question of how the two companies entered into negotiations remained unresolved, however.

NewsVisual created an IntellectSpace Knowledge Map that shows the existence of a number of personal connections between the current and past members of the leadership teams, including their Board of Directors, of Kidaro and Microsoft.

The nodal points for these personals connections are Tel Aviv University, Stanford University, and the University Of California At Berkeley.

To see the details of these connections, click here for an interactive and fuller version of this IntellectSpace Knowledge Map.

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