Mergers and Acquisitions

Consolidation is more than a trend; mergers and acquisitions are happening on a weekly basis. These stories help explain their impact.

Highlights

Acquisition

Sophos, ‘Always Innovating,’ Selling to Thoma Bravo for Nearly $4 Billion

It's too early to say whether Sophos will benefit from the acquisition, one analyst told us.

Mergers and acquisitions

Acquia to Accelerate Growth Post Acquisition by Investment Firm

Acquia serves more than 30 companies in the Fortune 100.

Merger, Teamwork

Carbonite: Unified Partner Program with Webroot Coming Very Soon

Carbonite is in the early stages of integrating Webroot.

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Ultimatum, Overwhelmed

Xerox, ‘Very Surprised,’ Gives HP an Ultimatum on Takeover Bid

“Your proposal for one-way diligence is an unnecessary delay tactic,” said Xerox.

Cloud migration

Google Makes Moving VMware, SAP Workloads to Cloud Easier

The provider bought CloudSimple and launched a new Cloud Acceleration Program, perhaps to better compete with AWS.

Hand Stop Sign

HP Balks at Xerox Acquisition Bid, Open to Further Discussion

HP’s board of directors said it has fundamental questions about Xerox’s revenue decline.

Evolution of man

What You Need to Know to Evolve Your Business

Mind your business and understand the big opportunity in front of you.

Business handshake

Tech Data Joins Growing List of Distributors Being Acquired

The purchase by a private equity firm is said to be worth $5.4 billion.

M&A Playbook

Technology M&A Activity Remains Steady, Despite Dropoff in Value

The merger and acquisition trend isn’t going away, but it might be tempered over the next 12 months.

Mergers and acquisitions

Carbonite Sale Rumors Confirmed: OpenText Shelling Out $1.42 Billion

There have been rumors that Carbonite was going to be acquired for a few months.

Accelerate

Infoblox Purchases SnapRoute to Accelerate Services Suite

Infoblox is always looking for potential partner and M&A opportunities.

Printer

Print This: Xerox Seeking Takeover of HP

One analyst says Xerox may be goading HP to buy it.

Acquisition

Rackspace-Onica Deal: ‘Partners Benefit in Every Way’

As Amazon Web Services market share grows, Rackspace is making sure it gets a piece of the pie.

M&A Playbook

Reviewing the M&A Playbook with Arlin Sorensen

Industry veteran Arlin Sorensen sat down with Channel Futures at ConnectWise IT Nation Connect to talk M&A.

Mergers and acquisitions

Proofpoint, Sumo Logic Start November with Big Acquisitions

ObserveIT will operate independently through close of the transaction and 2019.

ConnectWise IT Nation 2019 2

ConnectWise to ‘Double Down’ on Partners Post Continuum Announcement

The powerhouse conference started off with a keynote chock full of big announcements.

ConnectWise IT Nation Connect 2019

ConnectWise to Buy Continuum in Mega-Deal for MSPs

ConnectWise announces the acquisitions of Continuum and ITBoost, as well as a strategic partnership with Webinfinity.

Doug Merritt Splunk Conf 19

Splunk .conf19: Data Is Everything

The theme of the conference is “Turn Data into Doing.”

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