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.
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...
03 Aug 2015
CDW Announces Completed Acquisition of Kelway
CDW announced during its earnings call today that it completed its acquisition of UK-based solution provider Kelway, after initially acquiring a 35 percent stake in...
30 Jul 2015
Logicalis Buys Advanced Technology Integration Group of MCPc
Global solution provider Logicalis announced that it was acquiring the $133 million revenue Advanced Technology Integration Group (ATIG) of data center/networking solution provider MCPc...
24 Jul 2015
martinwolf Deals Featured in CRN’s ‘The 15 Biggest M&A Deals in 2015 (So Far)’
CRN published its list of the biggest M&A deals of 2015 so far: the 15 transactions with the greatest potential impact for the channel. The solution provider...
08 Jul 2015
Scalar Decisions Inc. Announces Agreement to Acquire Mainland Information Systems
Toronto-based Scalar Decisions Inc. and Calgary-based Mainland Information Systems Ltd., two CDN Top 100 Solution Providers, confirmed on Tuesday a merger agreement. The deal may result...
30 Jun 2015
Willis Group to Acquire Towers Watson in Merger of Equals
Willis Group Holdings (NYSE:WSH), an insurance broker and risk management advisory firm, announced today that signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire human resources...
22 Jun 2015
Aurelius Acquires Remaining Shares in Getronics
Aurelius AG (XTRA:AR4), a private equity firm specializing in European growth opportunities, announced today that it acquired the remaining 22 percent of information and...
19 Jun 2015
MTM Technologies Announces Sale and Recapitalization
MTM Technologies, Inc. (OTCPK:MTMC) announced Wednesday that it had been acquired on June 12 by Columbia Partners, LLC, an investor in MTM since 2005...
17 Jun 2015
Blackstone and Carlyle Submit Joint Bid for NCR
Media reports yesterday announced that in what would be the year's biggest leveraged buyout, Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) and Carlyle Group LP (Nasdaq:CG)...