Category: Spotlight
24 Apr 2018
Searchlight Capital Partners to Acquire Mitel for $2.0B
In an all-cash deal worth $2.0 billion, Mitel Networks (Nasdaq: MITL) today announced it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to be acquired by...
04 Apr 2018
DXC Technology Expands Microsoft Footprint with Acquisition of eBECS
DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) announced today its acquisitions of Sable37, a leading Microsoft Dynamics 365 VAR, and eBECS, a Microsoft Gold Partner. Starting...
19 Mar 2018
CACI Makes Competing Bid for CSRA to Disrupt General Dynamics’ Deal
Virginia-based government contractor CACI (NYSE: CACI) announced Sunday its bid to buy federal solutions provider CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) for ~$7.2B, topping General Dynamics' $6.8B bid...
20 Feb 2018
ConvergeOne, Soon to Go Public, Acquires Arrow Electronics’ Systems Integration Business
Ahead of its imminent IPO, ConvergeOne announced last Thursday its agreement to acquire Arrow Systems Integration, a subsidiary of Arrow Electronics that specializes in unified...
12 Feb 2018
General Dynamics to Buy Government IT Contractor CSRA in Nearly $10B Deal
U.S. defense contractor General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) announced today its intent to buy federal solutions provider CSRA (NYSE: CSRA) for ~$6.8B. The deal, which includes...
31 Jan 2018
Fujifilm to Take Over Xerox for $6.1B, Creating New $18B Company
Fujifilm announced today it will take over Xerox (NYSE: XRX) for $6.1B using bank debt, purchasing a 50.1 percent stake in the existing joint venture...
31 Jan 2018
SAP Acquires CallidusCloud for $2.4B
Europe's largest software company SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced yesterday that it had acquired cloud-computing firm CallidusCloud (Nasdaq: CALD) for $36 a share, a total of...
29 Jan 2018
CNBC: Dell Considering Reverse-Merger with VMware in What Could Be the Biggest Deal in Tech Industry
CNBC reported today that Dell Technologies, the world's largest privately held technology company, is considering a reverse-merger with VMware (NYSE: VMW), the ~$60B cloud computing...
27 Dec 2017
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year – martinwolf Annual Letter
2017 was a strong year for our firm, for the IT industry and for the US economy. I hope you’ll join me in looking back at some of the instrumental developments of 2017...