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.
20 Oct 2016
Wipro To Acquire Appirio
Indian Tier One business process services giant Wipro (NYSE: WIT) announced today that it was acquiring Salesforce and Workday-focused cloud integrator Appirio. Appirio's 1,250 global...
06 Oct 2016
Blackstone To Sell Pactera to HNA Group
Global private equity firm Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) was reported to have agreed to sell Chinese IT outsourcing firm Pactera Technology International to HNA EcoTech...
23 Sep 2016
Accenture to Acquire Kurt Salmon
Global professional services giant Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced yesterday that it entered into a agreement to acquire retail strategy consulting firm Kurt Salmon from parent...
19 Sep 2016
Avnet Sells Technology Solutions Unit to Tech Data
Avnet (NYSE: AVT) announced today that it entered into an agreement with Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD) to sell its Technology Solutions Business Unit for $2.6 billion...
12 Sep 2016
HP Agrees to Acquire Samsung’s Printer Business
IHP, Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) announced today that it agreed to buy the printer business of Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) for $1.05 billion. Following the completion...
08 Sep 2016
Intel Sells Majority Stake in Computer Security Unit to TPG
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and private equity firm TPG announced yesterday an agreement to sell 51 percent of Intel Security to TPG, in exchange for $3.1 billion...
08 Sep 2016
Intel Sells Majority Stake in Computer Security Unit to TPG
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) and private equity firm TPG announced yesterday an agreement to sell 51 percent of Intel Security to TPG, in exchange for $3.1 billion in cash.
07 Sep 2016
HPE Announces Spin-Off, Merger of Non-Core Software Assets with Micro Focus
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) announced today that it was spinning off its non-core software assets, merging them with Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO). The assets...
26 Aug 2016
Apollo Global Management Buys Rackspace
Cloud hosting and computing provider Rackspace Hosting Inc. (NYSE: RAX) announced today that it had entered into a definitive agreement with private equity firm Apollo...