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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) stories

NextDC blocks 360 Capital bid for Asia Pacific Data Centres

Asia Pacific Data Centre Group has rebuffed an improved offer from 360 Capital to acquire it after NextDC refused to support the takeover.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Wed, 6th Sep 2017

Synnex

Synnex' US$830 million acquisition of Westcon completes

Synnex has completed its acquisition of Westcon-Comstor's Americas businesses and its minority investment in the Asia Pacific and EMEA business.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Sep 2017

DevOps

Micro Focus and HPE Software complete $11 billion merger

Micro Focus merges with HPE's software arm in a whopping £8.8bn deal, forming the world's 7th largest enterprise software company.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Mon, 4th Sep 2017

Network Infrastructure

Exclusive interview: Dell EMC talk digital transformation post-merger

In an exclusive, Dell EMC unveil how their merger fuels digital transformation, strengthening their global tech dominance.

By Patrick Martlew • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Aug 2017

Cybersecurity

A new player enters SA cybersecurity market through acquisition

An established company recently announced its expansion into the South Africa cybersecurity market by acquiring a managed security service provider.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd Aug 2017

Hyperscale

Cisco to acquire hyperconverged software vendor Springpath in US$320m deal

Cisco has continued its buying spree, this time snapping up hyperconvergence software company Springpath to bolster its data centre portfolio.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Tue, 22nd Aug 2017

Unified Communications

No sale: Private equity bidders can Vocus takeover talks

Private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Affinity Equity Partners end takeover talks with Vocus, causing a drop in share prices.

By Heather Wright • 2 min read • Mon, 21st Aug 2017

Firewalls

Relative newcomer rapidly scales APAC with Brocade tech acquisition

Launched in 2014, Pulse Secure has now acquired Brocade's vADC product family in a bid to boost its rapid growth in both ANZ and Malaysia.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 16th Aug 2017

Symantec

Symantec sells digital certificate business – good or bad for customers & partners?

Symantec has sold its digital certificate business to DigiCert - the question is what will be the implications? We talk to both sides to find out.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Aug 2017

Hyperscale

Silent-Aire breaks into European data centre market with acquisition

Silent-Aire has acquired the Dublin-based manufacture of bespoke air handling equipment, RMI Engineering in a move to establish an EU headquarters.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 7th Aug 2017

Outsourcing

Partners Group acquires Civica for not to be sneezed at £1 million

Private equity giant Partners Group snaps up Civica for a hefty £1 billion, bolstering public sector services globally.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 26th Jul 2017

Unified Communications

Freshworks acquires startup's chatbot-building platform

Joe Hukum's technology is powered by a robust decision tree framework that automates sales, service, and support workflows, across various channels.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Mon, 24th Jul 2017

CommScope

CommScope acquires Cable Exchange to tackle hyperscale data center market

The global company has a large footprint in China in particular with facilities located in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Fri, 14th Jul 2017

Mergers and Acquisitions

Mastech Digital to acquire InfoTrellis in $55 million deal

Mastech Digital to acquire InfoTrellis' services division for $55m, in deal that will create Mastech InfoTrellis.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Mon, 10th Jul 2017

Cybersecurity

Honeywell adds another provider to multi-vendor solution portfolio

Honeywell recently announced its acquisition of Nextnine, a provider of security management solutions and technologies for industrial cybersecurity.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 21st Jun 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) stories

Hyperscale

Fluccs ramps up local presence with three new acquisitions

Fluccs bolsters its Australian footprint by acquiring three rivals: Exigent Australia, Virtual DC, and 10TB Servers, boosting its local IaaS and cloud services.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Sep 2017

Fintech

Enprise acquires major stake in Aussie MYOB reseller

Enprise Group acquires 47.09% of Australia's largest MYOB reseller, Kilimanjaro Consulting, for NZD $3.17M, aiming to boost its Australian market growth.

By Patrick Martlew • 2 min read • Mon, 4th Sep 2017