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.

Filter by:

Frustrated Hacker

OpenText Pulls Ahead in Cyber Resilience with Carbonite Purchase

The Carbonite purchase continues OpenText’s growth strategy through acquisitions and organic growth.

Cloud computing

Cloud Roundup: Amazon Moves Against Microsoft, More Google M&A, SADA Beefs Up Its Board

This short review gives partners the latest on channel-impacting cloud news so far this week.

Handshake representing acquisition

Equinix Beefs Up Edge Services with Packet Purchase

Equinix expects to disclose additional details of the deal upon completion of the acquisition.

Hire-from-within

BitTitan Expands Corporate Development Team to Drive M&A Opportunities

The company made the new hire as part of its growth initiative.

Mergers and acquisitions

NortonLifeLock, LogicMonitor Among Firms in Monday Channel M&A Spree

ID Analytics provides credit and fraud risk solutions for enterprises.

Data Center Handshake

Here’s What Veeam’s $5B Acquisition by Insight Partners Means to Partners

Analysts and partners say the deal could give Veeam more opportunities around the globe.

Security lock on a screen

Broadcom Offloads Symantec Security Services to Accenture

Broadcom shelled out $10.7 billion for Symantec’s enterprise security business.

Ice Cream Scoop

Insight Partners Scoops Up IoT Security Firm Armis in $1.1 Billion Deal

Founded in 1995, Insight Partners currently has more than $20 billion of assets under management.

Cybersecurity Gold Padlock

Mimecast Beefs Up Protection with Segasec Acquisition

Email is the No. 1 attack vector and cybercriminals are leveraging email to steal credentials.

Acquisition

Xerox Gets Funding Commitment in Pursuit of HP Inc.

Citi, Mizuho and Bank of America want to help with the buyout.

Merger Rumor

Dell Selling RSA? ‘There May Be No Better Time’

RSA’s biggest problem has long been its strategic identity crisis.

Cloud Computing

Atos to Expand Google Cloud, Kubernetes Chops with Maven Wave Acquisition

Maven Wave will give Atos added Kubernetes development capabilities.

Mergers and Acquisitions Cover 2019 MA

10 Most Notable IT Mergers and Acquisitions of 2019

The push for better capabilities and bigger markets drove some pretty significant deals this year.

Two cloud-shaped hands shaking among other clouds in the sky.

3 Cloud M&A Deals You May Have Missed

Catch up on some partner-centric activity that will surely impact the channel in 2020.

Open source

The Year in Open Source: IBM-Red Hat, SUSE, Microsoft, More

This year in open source had it all, from big acquisitions to leadership changes and notable product announcements.

1 2 3 … 62 Next »

Galleries

view all

From the Industry

view all

Webinars

view all

White Papers

view all

Events

Channel Partners Conference & Expo

March 9, 2020 - March 12, 2020

view all

Videos

view all

Twitter

✕

Want to stay Updated?

Sign up for our Channel Futures newsletters today.

✕

Want to stay updated?

Sign up for our Channel Futures newsletters today.