Mergers and Acquisitions stories

The deal will propel Dicker Data NZ to become the second largest IT distributor in the country, with estimated revenue of more than $500m for the combined entities.>>

"Businesses of all sizes often miscalculate their assets and attack surface, both on-premises and in the cloud.">>

The acquisition comes two years after acquiring Australia-based competitor Spotlite in 2019.>>

In this interview, Hyland director for APAC Eugene Chng discusses the company's recent acquisitions of Alfresco and Nuxeo.>>

The deal is set to expand the Sophos portfolio of detection and response solutions and services for underprotected server and cloud environments. >>

Clearlake and TA backed company Precisely has announced the acquisition of automation and data management software provider Winshuttle.>>

Cloudera will be acquired for a cash transaction of $5.3 billion. The company also announced its own acquisitions of two separate SaaS companies.>>

Accenture hopes to leverage Industrie&Co’s ability to design cloud native solutions to guide their clients as they transform into digital businesses. >>

A new report from Gartner shows that activity in Q4 2020 was “higher than in the last two years”.>>

Another New Zealand software firm has been snapped up by an overseas buyer.>>

The combined company has now begun integrations and will operate under the temporary name ThycoticCentrify.>>

Arcserve states the company's expanded global reach, breadth of product portfolio and combined innovation investments bring immediate differentiation and value to the market.>>

StorageCraft will be branded 'StorageCraft, an Arcserve Company'.>>

"The integration of Stone & Chalk and AustCyber will enable our joint organisation to pursue a resilient and prosperous future not just for founders, enterprise and governments, but for all of Australia.”>>

“M&A activity is expected to continue at a high level throughout 2021 by the likes of Tencent and companies that focus on their key technologies and adjust to the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.” >>

It follows Ivanti’s recent acquisition of MobileIron, a provider of mobile-centric UEM solutions. Ivanti senior director of product management Alan Braithwaite says the acquisition may have played a central role in being recognised by IDC.>>

The total transaction value disclosed across all deals in the space was also significant, reaching $112 billion - the highest amount on record.>>

The move will bring Magenic’s software expertise into Cognizant’s global software development portfolio, and expand the latter’s software product engineering footprint.>>

With the addition of Wrike’s offerings, Citrix will expand its platform to include new, collaborative work management capabilities.>>

It comes after the European Commission announced its approval of the acquisition late last month, with the condition that the search engine giant would not use Fitbit health data to target ads to users in the European Union. >>

LogRhythm says its aim is to bring stronger levels of machine learning-based detection and response.>>

The move is a culmination of a medley of acquisitions made by Hornetsecurity recently, following the January 2019 acquisition of Spamina, a Spanish cloud email security company, as well as EveryCloud, its British market partner, in early 2020.>>

Red Hat will further expand its security offering, adding StackRox's complementary capabilities to strengthen integrated security across its open hybrid cloud portfolio.>>

Aims to leverage the acquisition of Volterra to create an edge 2.0 platform for enterprises and service providers.>>