The phrase "acquire enterprise" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to obtaining or starting a business, but the wording is awkward and unclear.
Example: "To succeed in the competitive market, we need to acquire enterprise solutions that enhance our operations."
Alternatives: "obtain a business" or "establish a company".
Microsoft has made an offer to acquire enterprise search company Fast Search & Transfer.
In countries where we have strong high-end share but no critical mass in services, we will look for opportunities to acquire enterprise services companies.
We're hearing (like everybody else) that the company is in "serious" talks to acquire enterprise social network and our 410 Townsend Street neighbor Yammer — for a reported $1 billion.
At a price typically reserved for semiconductor companies, telecoms, and pharmaceutical giants, IBM announced today it would pay a record $34 billion in cash and debt to acquire enterprise open source provider Red Hat.
One year to the day after Microsoft announced that it would acquire enterprise social networking tool Yammer for $1.2 billion, the pair are today publishing some updated usage numbers and news about a raft of new features to demonstrate that Yammer is on the up and up, and that Microsoft is riding the wave.
Flash back to the 2008 TechCrunch50: Yammer enters the market with a bold play: Build an enterprise collaboration app around the status update and newsfeed mechanic, give most of it away for free to let individual teams test it out, and then acquire enterprise customers from the bottom up.
Dell has acquired enterprise email management service MessageOne for $155 million.
In February, Cisco acquired enterprise collaboration startup Acano for $700 million.
It appears that Salesforce has just acquired enterprise chat startup Activa Live.
Today Autodesk, best known for its AutoCAD product, announced that it has acquired enterprise social networking company Qontext from the India-based incubator Pramati.
Also consider the number of other M&A moves that have been made, which have included Cisco acquiring enterprise collaboration startup Acano for $700 million; IBM buying Ustream and Clearleap for enterprise conferencing; and Atlassian acquiring BlueJimp.
