Category: Spotlight
03 Nov 2014
Publicis to Acquire Sapient for $3.7 Billion
French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA (PUB.PA) announced today that it had agreed to acquire digital advertising specialist Sapient Corp. (Nasdaq:SAPE) for $25 per share...
03 Nov 2014
Aetna to Acquire bswift for $400 million
Health insurer Aetna, Inc. (NYSE:AET) announced today that it was acquiring insurance exchange technology company bswift for $400 million. Aetna, the U.S.'s third-largest healthcare...
05 Oct 2014
A Tale of Two Companies: HP to Split
A report in the Wall Street Journal this morning announced that Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) will soon announce plans to split into...
18 Sep 2014
SAP to Acquire Concur Technologies for $8.3 Billion
German enterprise software giant SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced that it was purchasing Concur Technologies (NSDQ:CNQR), a travel and expense management software company, for $129...
15 Sep 2014
Cognizant to Acquire TriZetto for $2.7 Billion
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (Nasdaq:CTSH) announced today that it was acquiring private healthcare IT services provider TriZetto Corp for $2.7 billion in its largest...
02 Sep 2014
Compuware to Be Acquired by Thoma Bravo
Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ:CPWR), a technology performance software provider, announced today that it would be taken private by Thoma Bravo LLC, a leading private equity...
14 Jul 2014
Teleperformance Acquires Aegis USA Inc from Essar
Teleperformance S.A. (ENXTPA:RCF), a leading outsourced customer experience manager, announced Thursday that it had acquired Aegis USA Inc. from a portfolio company of Essar...
02 Jul 2014
Modi’s Election: A Positive Choice for India’s Economy and Its IT Industry
On May 16 Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party were declared the winners of the world's largest exercise of democracy -- India's general election..
23 Jun 2014
Oracle Acquires Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) announced today that it was acquiring retail and hospitality solutions and software provider Micros Systems (NASDAQ:MCRS) for $5.3 billion, or $68 per...