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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.

Accenture acquires Parker Fitzgerald to enhance finance and risk capabilities

M&A / 20 August 2019 / Accenture has acquired Parker Fitzgerald, a strategic advisor and consulting partner to leading global financial [...]

Technical debt — are companies taking out the software development equivalent of payday loans

Debt Financing / 14 August 2019 / It’s a bit like the software development equivalent of a payday loan. When an organisation [...]

PE & VC

IQ Capital raises over $300 million to invest in UK deep tech

16 July 2019 / Deep tech venture capital firm, IQ Capital, has launched a new $125 million Growth Opportunities [...]

The City & Wall Street

Study reveals cyber security concerns on the rise amid M&A Activity

25 June 2019 / According to a survey by Forescout, the cyber security firm, 53% of respondents said their [...]

M&A

The acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce: industry insights

11 June 2019 / Last week Google bought analytics startup Looker for $2.6 billion. This week, Salesforce has followed [...]

Governance, Risk and Compliance

Digital M&A in an era of increased regulatory scrutiny

7 June 2019 / Big data is big business — now more than ever before. Approximately 80% of the [...]

EMEA

UK tech experiences record first half $4.8BN venture capital investment in 2019

4 June 2019 / A new database from Tech Nation, the leading scale up network for entrepreneurs, and Dealroom [...]

M&A

Calabrio’s acquisition of Teleopti — a new standard for CX intelligence?

3 June 2019 / Calabrio has announced that it has acquired Teleopti, a workforce management software provider headquartered in [...]

M&A

Kaseya acquires ID Agent to strengthen IT security suite

7 May 2019 / Kaseya, the provider of IT infrastructure management solutions for both external service providers (MSPs) and [...]

M&A

Accenture plans to acquire Google Cloud service provider, Cirruseo

10 April 2019 / Accenture has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire Cirruseo, a pure-play Google Cloud services provider [...]

M&A

Advanced accelerates growth plans with acquisition of Kirona

8 April 2019 / Advanced has acquired Livingbridge-backed specialist workforce management and resource scheduling software company, Kirona. The company [...]

M&A

Industry 4.0 shifting from buzzword to reality

21 March 2019 / The latest M&A market report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, Hampleton Partners, sheds [...]

M&A

NVIDIA to acquire Mellanox for $6.9bn

12 March 2019 / NVIDIA and Mellanox have reached a definitive agreement under which NVIDIA will acquire Mellanox. Pursuant [...]

M&A

Cognizant acquires Meritsoft — the FinTech innovator in post-trade processing

6 March 2019 / Cognizant has announced that it has acquired Meritsoft, a privately-held financial software company based in [...]

M&A

BlackBerry completes acquisition of Cylance

22 February 2019 / BlackBerry has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Cylance for $1.4bn, the privately-held artificial intelligence and [...]

M&A

European tech, media and telecoms M&A pushed to all-time high in 2018

22 January 2019 / 2018 will be remembered as a year that broke all records — in the technology, [...]

M&A

DXC Technology to acquire Luxoft

7 January 2019 / DXC Technology, the IT services and digital transformation solution company, and Luxoft, the global-scale digital [...]

M&A

Aspect Software to be acquired by Vector Capital

3 January 2019 / Under the terms of the definite merger agreement, Vector Capital will invest more than $100 [...]

M&A

Civica acquires e-recruitment software specialist Trac Systems

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

M&A

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

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

M&A

Civica acquires election and membership services leader ERS Group

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 [...]

The City & Wall Street

Accenture acquires Parker Fitzgerald to enhance finance and risk capabilities

Technical debt — are companies taking out the software development equivalent of payday loans

IQ Capital raises over $300 million to invest in UK deep tech

Study reveals cyber security concerns on the rise amid M&A Activity

The acquisition of Tableau by Salesforce: industry insights

Digital M&A in an era of increased regulatory scrutiny

UK tech experiences record first half $4.8BN venture capital investment in 2019

Calabrio’s acquisition of Teleopti — a new standard for CX intelligence?

Kaseya acquires ID Agent to strengthen IT security suite

Accenture plans to acquire Google Cloud service provider, Cirruseo

Advanced accelerates growth plans with acquisition of Kirona

Industry 4.0 shifting from buzzword to reality

NVIDIA to acquire Mellanox for $6.9bn

Cognizant acquires Meritsoft — the FinTech innovator in post-trade processing

BlackBerry completes acquisition of Cylance

European tech, media and telecoms M&A pushed to all-time high in 2018

DXC Technology to acquire Luxoft

Aspect Software to be acquired by Vector Capital

Civica acquires e-recruitment software specialist Trac Systems

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

Civica acquires election and membership services leader ERS Group

Citrix acquires micro app platform Sapho

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

ForeScout acquires SecurityMatters

Talend set to acquire Stitch to accelerate its cloud momentum

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