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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) stories

Hyperscale

CyrusOne shells out $442m to break into Europe data centre market

The US data centre provider has acquired a hyperscale data center provider in Europe to make its expansion into Europe.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 29th Aug 2018

Hyperscale

Authorities approve Orange's €350m acquisition of Basefarm

Orange Business Services finalises its €350m acquisition of Basefarm, bolstering its European cloud market stance.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Aug 2018

Thales

Thales extends offer acceptance period for Gemalto acquisition

Thales extends the offer acceptance period for its acquisition of Gemalto, awaiting regulatory approvals from various antitrust authorities.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Aug 2018

Virtualisation

VMware to acquire Dell EMC service assurance tech and team

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

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Aug 2018

Unified Communications

eCommerce, telecoms, mergers named as 2018/19 focus for ComCom

The Commerce Commission has names published its priority focus areas for the upcoming year, including implementing new telecommunication regulations.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Fri, 10th Aug 2018

Multi-cloud

Cisco to drop $2.35b to acquire access security provider

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

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Fri, 3rd Aug 2018

Fintech

Xero pays NZ$103m to acquire Canada-based cloud bookkeeping firm

Xero to acquire Canadian cloud bookkeeping firm Hubdoc for NZD $103 million, enhancing its financial data integration for small businesses globally.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 2nd Aug 2018

Phishing

Mimecast acquires Solebit to improve threat protection offering

Mimecast acquires Solebit for $88m, bolstering cyber defence against sophisticated malware and phishing attacks.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Aug 2018

Hyperscale

DDN finalises acquisition agreement for bankrupt Tintri

After stepping in at the final hour to salvage Tintri, Data Direct Networks (DDN) has finalised a new reseller agreement - here are the details.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 31st Jul 2018

Data Analytics

Qlik enriches data solutions with Podium Data acquisition

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

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Jul 2018

Hyperscale

AXA IM acquires DATA4 and its 15 data centres across Europe

The company has held a 37 percent stake in DATA4 since 2012 and has now completed a 100 percent acquisition with international expansion on the cards.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 25th Jul 2018

Hyperscale

Orange acquires Basefarm for €350m to strengthen European cloud reach

Orange says the acquisition will reinforce its position in the cloud computing services market across the continent.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 16th Jul 2018

Cloud Access Security Broker

Broadcom buys out CA Technologies for $18.9 billion

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

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Jul 2018

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

SolarWinds acquires Trusted Metrics, adds threat monitoring offering for MSSPs

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

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Jul 2018

Hyperscale

DDN steps in at final hour to salvage Tintri trainwreck

On its day of admitting bankruptcy, Tintri can now be brought back from the brink after Data Direct Networks made a bid for acquisition.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 11th Jul 2018

Unified Communications

Nexion picks up Perth-based DC after merger with Site2

Nexion Networks finalises merger with Site2, acquiring Metro IX Data Center. This expansion enhances Nexion's local and global IT and telecom capabilities.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Wed, 4th Jul 2018