Google Acquisitions

July 7, 2008

A Digg post reminded me that Wikipedia does a very good job of keeping its Google information up to date. The link to the Wikipedia Web page listing Google’s acquisitions is here. A happy quack to jimmaculate.

I want to point out that Google has a number of vendors, partners, and relationships that don’t make it to these publicly maintained lists. One of the most interesting is Google’s involvement with various university research projects in hardware and software engineering. If you know of a list of these, post the link in the comments section to this Web log.

Finally, I want to call your attention to one interesting acquisition Google made in 2005 or early 2006–Transformic. I have a for-fee report about this deal coming out, but because of the contract terms, I can’t provide much substance. I can say that this acquisition may prove to be one of the most significant ones Google executed in the last 24 months. Like my work for some of the investment banks, I get a tiny footnote or a check. Hey, it’s a living.

Stephen Arnold, July 7, 2008

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under Business strategy, Google, News

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.