Acquisition stories - Page 129

Carbonite is bolstering its disaster recovery-as-a-service offerings with a US$14 million acquisition of Seagate Technology's EVault business.

VMware has dumped plans to partner with parent company EMC in the Virtustream cloud services joint venture, announced just months ago.

Leading cloud providers are investing many billions of dollars expanding their network of hyperscale data centers in order to cope with huge demand.

Spark New Zealand has been working with local councils to provide rural residents access to better, faster broadband and mobile data services.

Cradlepoint acquires Pertino, integrating SDN innovation with 4G LTE solutions to transform enterprise networking.

International acquisitions of Kiwi companies often spell the beginning of the end for the local operations, but for Zeacom it's a different story.

Spark New Zealand has acquired CCL for $50 million in a move designed bolster Spark's cloud services capabilities and its South Island business.

While the IoT has reached an all-time high of hype and hyperbole, more and more organisations plan to deploy IoT technologies in the coming year.

Logicalis raises stakes in Aussie IT scene, acquiring strategic Thomas Duryea Consulting to form a tech powerhouse.

UFone has rolled out a new Cloud Hosted PBX service, designed specifically for channel partners with business end users and powered by the 3XC system.

Equinix completes its acquisition of 97% of Japanese data centre operator Bit-isle, creating the fourth largest data centre in Japan.

In Australia, more companies are looking to strengthen their market position through mergers and acquisitions, according to UXC Eclipse.

The acquisition will accelerate Cisco's collaboration strategy to deliver video everywhere, across every endpoint, every screen, to every user.

In the digital age, strategic partnerships are far superior to internal research and development (R&D) or acquisitions, according to new research.

Kordia is expanding its cyber-security portfolio, snapping up up Wellington-based Aura Information Security in a $10.2 million deal.

Blue Coat Systems is acquiring cloud security company Elastica for US$280 million in a move designed to strenghten the security vendor's cloud play.

ShoreTel snaps up Aussie hosted VoIP specialist M5 Networks in a move designed to bring a ShoreTel hosted voice solution to the region.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is exploding - and its traffic is totally unlike anything that network operators have encountered.

HP's Meg Whitman has taken aim at Dell's US$67 billion purchase of EMC, saying it will 'cause chaos in the channel' and leave Dell saddled with debt.

Dark fibre provider Superloop has snapped up ISP ApexNetworks in an effort to rapidly deploy managed services capability for channel customers.