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Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) stories

Centuria Capital walks away from $180m Augusta Bid

Market turmoil has scuppered Centuria Capital’s NZD $180 million bid for Augusta Capital, sending the fund manager’s shares down 8.3 percent.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Sun, 29th Mar 2020

Global Stories

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) stories

Microsoft

Cisco buys ThousandEyes, strengthening network portfolio

Cisco acquires ThousandEyes, enhancing its cloud-based network and application performance portfolio with advanced internet and cloud intelligence capabilities.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 29th May 2020

IT Automation

Microsoft acquires RPA specialist firm Softomotive

Softomotive's popular automation software, WinAutomation, will supplement Power Automate to provide more capabilities for RPA desktop authoring.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 21st May 2020

Partner Programmes

Interview: Mimecast channel director on new partner programme and consolidation in the channel

Mimecast's channel director outlines a revamped partner programme designed to tackle 2020's growing cybersecurity threats and industry consolidation.

By Nick Forrester • 5 min read • Wed, 20th May 2020

Virtualisation

VMware reveals plans to acquire Octarine, going all in for Kubernetes

VMware plans to buy Kubernetes platform Octarine and integrate its technology into VMware's Carbon Black Cloud, enhancing container security.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Thu, 14th May 2020

Mergers and Acquisitions

Vocus buys out 'strong' Stuff Fibre business

The deal, which is set to close on 20 May, reflects Vocus' confidence in Stuff Fibre's capabilities, particularly in 'uncertain times'.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 14th May 2020

Encryption

Zoom buys encryption startup in its first-ever acquisition

Zoom has today announced its first-ever acquisition in its nine year history, absorbing Keybase, a secure messaging platform in a bid to up its security game.

By Nick Forrester • 3 min read • Fri, 8th May 2020

Storage

NetApp acquires CloudJumper to create its own Virtual Desktop Service

NetApp acquires CloudJumper, launching its own Virtual Desktop Service to streamline management and improve performance for remote enterprise workforces.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 5th May 2020

DevOps

Rapid7 announces plans to acquire DivvyCloud for $145 million

The acquisition, which is to be paid in cash and stock, is expected to close during the second quarter of 2020, says Rapid7.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 1st May 2020

Gaming

It's official: NVIDIA completes its acquisition of Mellanox for US$7 billion

NVIDIA has finalised its US$7 billion acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, merging computing and networking expertise to revolutionise data centres.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 28th Apr 2020

Unified Communications

Verizon builds on unified comms portfolio with BlueJeans acquisition

Verizon Business boosts its unified communications portfolio by acquiring BlueJeans Network, integrating its video platform with Verizon's UCaaS business.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 17th Apr 2020

Digital Signage

Small vendors could get eaten during meeting room market slump

Acquisition may be inevitable for smaller vendors of meeting room control vendors as remote working becomes the new norm, according to Futuresource.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Apr 2020

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Zscaler announces acquisition of Cloudneeti, doubling down on data protection

Zscaler plans to acquire Cloudneeti, a Cloud Security Posture Management firm, to enhance data protection on its Cloud Security Platform.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Apr 2020

Supply Chain

Koch Industries finalises Infor acquisition, commences 'new era of growth'

The acquisition will see Infor's product design and technology, 68,000 customers and 17,000 global employees under Koch Industries' leadership.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 9th Apr 2020

Firewalls

WatchGuard to acquire Panda Security

Once the integration is complete, customers and partners will have access to a security platform that bridges the network and user perimeter.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2020

Hyperscale

Equinix acquires Packet, looks to dominate emerging bare metal market

Equinix has acquired Packet for USD $335 million, aiming to enhance its bare metal services and accelerate enterprise digital infrastructure across the globe.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2020

DevOps

BMC snaps up Compuware, sets sights on mainframe industry

BMC acquires Compuware to boost mainframe offerings, blending BMC's AMI and Compuware's Topaz suite for innovative DevOps solutions, pending standard approvals.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2020