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 Oct 2015
New State Capital Partners Invests in NWN Corporation
Private equity firm New State Capital Partners announced today a majority investment in NWN Corporation, an IT solutions and cloud provider. Founded in 2000, NWN has...
09 Oct 2015
Partner Up: Dell, EMC, and What It Means for the Channel
For the past 48 hours, the tech world has been abuzz with the latest M&A rumor: Dell, two years out from what was the biggest technology...
05 Oct 2015
CSC to Acquire UXC Limited
US technology services firm Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) today announced that it entered into negotiations to acquire Australian IT Services provider UXC Limited (ASX:UXC)...
15 Sep 2015
Accenture Acquires Cloud Sherpas
National consulting firm Accenture (NYSE:ACN) announced today that it acquired Atlanta-based cloud-computing consulting firm Cloud Sherpas for an undisclosed amount. Accenture will incorporate...
03 Sep 2015
Sirius Computer Solutions Announces Equity Partnership with Kelso & Company
National IT solutions integrator Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. announced today an equity partnership with private equity firm Kelso & Company. Kelso will acquire equity interest from...
02 Sep 2015
Compugen Reportedly Acquires Metafore
Canadian IT solution provider Compugen has entered into an agreement to acquire fellow IT solution provider Metafore from Hartco, Inc., according to an article in CDN...
17 Aug 2015
KKR Forms Partnership, Acquires 25 Percent Stake in SoftwareONE
Sofware portfolio management solution provider SoftwareONE announced today a partnership with KKR (NYSE:KKR) in which the global investment firm acquired 25 percent of SoftwareONE...
13 Aug 2015
FIS Agrees to Buy SunGard for $9.1 billion
Fidelity National Information Services (NYSE:FIS), a financial services provider for banks, announced Wednesday that it had agreed to acquire financial software company SunGard for $9.1 billion...
11 Aug 2015
The Carlyle Group to Acquire Veritas from Symantec
The Carlyle Group (Nasdaq:CG) announced its plans to purchase Veritas, a data storage and server management business, from Symantec (Nasdaq:SYMC). The transaction would be...