Despite the rise in number of deals, the total value for the year actually fell below the 2017 peak.

Janrain enables enterprises to enhance digital trust by offloading login and registration workloads.

Recent cyberattacks, such as WannaCry, NotPetya and Triton, demonstrated how vulnerable OT networks can result in significant business disruption and financial loss.

The US$7.5 billion deal brings Microsoft closer to the heart of developer communities; with new CEO Nat Friedman replacing former GitHub CEO and co-founder Chris Wanstrath.

IBM and Red Hat will remain committed to the continued freedom of open source.

RedSocks provides non-intrusive, real-time breach detection solutions and incident response services.

The acquisition is expected to close during Palo Alto Networks fiscal first quarter, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

"We’re very excited about this acquisition, it’s transformational for Flexera and our customers."

NETSCOUT has dropped its entire handheld network test (HNT) tools business and sold it to US investment firm StoneCalibre, which will then spin out HNT as a standalone company.

Zebra Technologies' acquisition of Xplore Technologies brings opportunities for channel partners

From its base in Melbourne, the new Bitdefender Australia office will retain all current employees of SMS eTech working on the Bitdefender business line.

Proofpoint CLEAR is the first joint solution announcement following its acquisition of Wombat Security.

Industrial integrated security solutions provider Advanced Security has purchased Nelson-based electronic security integrator Nelbay Solutions.

VMware will provide service assurance for communications service providers as they roll out competitive new services on current and 5G networks.

Cisco has announced the intent to acquire Duo Security in order to expand its users' ability to manage secure connections to devices.

The acquisition offers enhanced protection against advanced cyberattacks, zero-day threats and malware.

New acquisition expands Qlik’s portfolio beyond analytics, enabling analytics-ready data strategy to drive data-driven transformation.

Combined, the companies plan to build what they call ‘one of the world's leading infrastructure technology companies’.

The acquisition will allow SolarWinds to offer a new security software product, dubbed SolarWinds Threat Monitor.

The Appliance Shed sells a large range of appliances and technology products, including TV and audio products, phones, and home security systems.

By acquiring a global hosted data centre services business, Ensono hopes to strengthen its presence in the UK and US, and establish one in India.

“Over the next few years, we are going to invest significant resources to enhance usability and to broaden Lustre’s capabilities."

Oniqua is an MRO inventory operations software provider with an office in Brisbane.

The move extends Continuum’s cybersecurity offerings and ability to enable IT service providers to meet the mounting security and compliance needs.