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Features and expert comment on the latest technology sector fundraising, finance and merger moves, covering IPOs, M&A transactions, Private Equity and Venture Capital activity, and investor profiles.

IBM sells software portfolio to HCL for $1.8 billion: ‘A strong strategic fit’

M&A / 7 December 2018 / Based in India, has HCL Technologies stolen a march on their competition by announcing they [...]

Civica acquires election and membership services leader ERS Group

M&A / 4 December 2018 / Civica Group has announced that Civica UK Limited, the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired [...]

M&A

Citrix acquires micro app platform Sapho

16 November 2018 / Citrix Systems has announced that it has acquired Sapho, a micro app platform, which it [...]

M&A

SAP SE to acquire Qualtrics International Inc. for $8BN

12 November 2018 / Qualtrics is a company that fits in the experience management (XM) software category. The organisation [...]

M&A

ForeScout acquires SecurityMatters

9 November 2018 / ForeScout Technologies, the Internet of Things security company, has today announced the acquisition of SecurityMatters, [...]

M&A

Talend set to acquire Stitch to accelerate its cloud momentum

8 November 2018 / The acquisition of Stitch — the self-service cloud data integration platform — gives Talend both [...]

M&A

Thoma Bravo to acquire Veracode Software from Broadcom Inc.

6 November 2018 / Thoma Bravo, the private equity investment firm, has announced that it will acquire Veracode Software, [...]

M&A

Acquia and Elastic Path announce open-source partnership

31 October 2018 / The collaboration, which consists of joint marketing and sales initiatives for 2019, will allow the [...]

M&A

Breaking down the IBM/Red Hat deal in the software M&A space

31 October 2018 / Following IBM’s announcement that it will be acquiring open source enterprise software maker Red Hat [...]

M&A

IBM acquires Red Hat in $34BN deal

29 October 2018 / IBM Red Hat: the two companies are coming together; the result will be a super [...]

M&A

eSentire acquires cyber security AI company Versive

24 October 2018 / eSentire, the managed detection and response provider, has announced the acquisition of Seattle-based Versive — [...]

M&A

Claranet acquires Dutch IT services provider Quinfox

23 October 2018 / In it’s fourth acquisition of the year, Claranet Group — the technology services provider — has [...]

M&A

RingCentral signs agreement to acquire Dimelo

12 October 2018 / Consumers today expect to engage with brands using the digital channels of their choice, including; [...]

M&A

Bomgar completes acquisition of BeyondTrust

4 October 2018 / Under the latest deal, the two companies will operate as a combined entity under the name [...]

M&A

Google buys AI-chatbot startup Onward

4 October 2018 / While the terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed, the acquisition signals Google’s ambition to [...]

M&A

IT Lab completes acquisition of Content and Code

4 October 2018 / The new deal will lead to a combined business turnover approaching £60 million. The IT [...]

PE & VC

Landmark investment marks VC’s first venture into enterprise blockchain

25 September 2018 / The IDC has described Gospel Technology as the “first practical application of blockchain.” Gospel Technology [...]

M&A

Henderson Scott and Search Consultancy join forces

4 September 2018 / The acquisition, which gives the newly created Search Group a combined £220m in revenue and [...]

M&A

Luxoft acquire Objective Software GmbH

8 August 2018 / This marks the automotive department of Luxoft’s third acquisition, following the establishment of partnerships with [...]

M&A

Siemens acquires Mendix for $730M

2 August 2018 / Siemens has signed an agreement today to acquire Mendix, digital transformation enabler platform that helps [...]

M&A

Workday complete acquisition of Adaptive Insights

2 August 2018 / This deal, worth $1.55 billion, will allow Workday to transfer their financial and human capital [...]

M&A

Workday announce acquisition of Stories.bi to expand its analytics capabilities

18 July 2018 / Workday is attempting to expand the breadth and depth of its analytics capabilities, namely Prism Analytics, which [...]

M&A

Getronics acquire Pomeroy, combining revenue of over $1BN

13 July 2018 / The partnership will see Getronics expand their workplace transformation services into the North American market, [...]

Cybersecurity

SolarWinds acquire Trusted Metrics to strengthen cyber security

11 July 2018 / The acquisition will see the Austin, Texas-based firm – formed in 1999 – extend into [...]

M&A

Mimecast acquire Ataata to reduce human security errors

10 July 2018 / The merging of the two companies will see Ataata work closely with Mimecast employees to [...]