Google and Dell in acquisitions battle

New York: Google and Dell plan to push ahead with more acquisitions, helping maintain a takeover spree that has boosted the value of US technology mergers to more than $60bn this year.

Google is likely to buy more companies about the size of YouTube and DoubleClick, its two largest deals, to help offer more online services, the company’s head of mergers and acquisitions said last week. Dell plans more takeovers in its drive to double the size of its data-centre business to $30 billion in sales, a company executive said.

Internet and computer companies are increasingly relying on acquisitions to gain new technology and customers.