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.
01 Jun 2016
Salesforce Acquires Demandware
Salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE:CRM) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Demandware, Inc. (NYSE: DWRE), a digital commerce company, at $75 per share (a 56%...
01 Jun 2016
Vista Equity Partners Takes Marketo Private
Vista Equity Partners, a software and IT focused private equity firm, announced yesterday that it will acquire all shares of the marketing automation company Marketo...
28 May 2016
PC Connection Acquires Softmart
PC Connection (Nasdaq: PCCC) announced yesterday that it was acquiring fellow IT solution provider Softmart. Financial details of the transaction was not disclosed, but in...
24 May 2016
CSC Announces Merger with HPE Enterprise Services Segment
CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it would be merging with the Enterprise Services segment of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE), creating a massive global...
23 May 2016
Silver Lake and TPG Capital Reportedly Consider Sale of Avaya
According to media reports published late last week, Silver Lake Partners LP and TPG Capital LP are considering a sale of telecommunications equipment provider Avaya...
03 May 2016
Oracle Acquires Opower
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) announced yesterday that it acquired cloud-based energy software company Opower (NYSE: OPWR) for $10.30 per share, a 30% premium over Opower's closing...
03 May 2016
Huron Consulting Group Acquires ADI Strategies
Huron Consulting Group (Nasdaq: HURN), a business consulting services provider, announced yesterday that it closed its acquisition of the US assets of ADI Strategies, Inc. ADI...
28 Apr 2016
Cypress Semiconductor to Acquire Broadcom’s Wireless IoT Business
Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) announced today that it is acquiring the wireless Internet of Things business of Broadcom Limited (Nasdaq: AVGO). The acquisition includes...
28 Apr 2016
Oracle To Acquire Textura
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) announced today that it agreed to buy cloud-services provider Textura (NYSE: TXTR) for $26 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at...