Spotlight
Spotlight
An archive of past spotlight issues.
The martinwolf team tracks noteworthy mergers and acquisitions, and offers
commentary on issues that impact our industry.
19 Dec 2017
ConvergeOne Acquires AOS
On December 18, IT services provider ConvergeOne announced that it had acquired IT consulting group Alexander Open Systems (AOS). The transaction adds to ConvergeOne's Microsoft...
04 Dec 2017
ConvergeOne to go Public in 2018 Following Merger with Forum
On December 1, IT services provider ConvergeOne announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with blank check company Forum Merger Corporation (Nasdaq: FMCI)...
27 Nov 2017
Thoma Bravo to Acquire Barracuda Networks for $1.6B
Barracuda Networks (NYSE:CUDA) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to be acquired by private equity firm Thoma Bravo in an all-cash...
16 Nov 2017
Presidio Announces Pricing of Secondary Public Offering
Following the announcement of its proposed secondary offering on Tuesday, IT solution provider Presidio (Nasdaq: PSDO) today announced the pricing of 8M shares of the...
06 Nov 2017
Broadcom Makes $100+ Billion Offer for Qualcomm
Semiconductor giant Broadcom (Nasdaq:AVGO) today announced a proposed takeover bid for fellow chip leader Qualcomm (Nasdaq:QCOM), totaling $130 billion in value including debt...
23 Oct 2017
Cisco to Acquire BroadSoft
Cisco today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BroadSoft (Nasdaq: BSFT) for $55 per share, or an aggregate purchase price of ~$1.9B in cash, assuming...
18 Oct 2017
The Next Big Thing for Oracle: Insights from OpenWorld
Recently, martinwolf Associate Kevin Chang and Vice President Matthew Putzulu attended the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. After meeting with partners and experts in...
11 Oct 2017
Op-Ed: It’s Time for IBM to Break Up
In May, Warren Buffett sent Wall Street into a frenzy when he sold a third of Berkshire Hathaway's stake in IBM. In response to his...
03 Oct 2017
Office Depot to Acquire CompuCom Systems
Office Depot today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire IT managed services and outsourcing company CompuCom Systems Inc. for a total of...