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.
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)...
01 Jun 2015
Intel to Acquire Altera
Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC) announced today that it agreed to acquire fellow chip maker Altera Corp (Nasdaq:ALTR), concluding a long process that was first reported by...
27 May 2015
EMC to Acquire Virtustream
Infrastructure services and solutions provider EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) announced yesterday that it agreed to acquire privately held cloud software vendor Virtustream for $1.2 billion...
01 May 2015
Sirius Computer Solutions Acquires Varrow
National IT solutions integrator Sirius Computer Solutions, Inc. announced today that it had acquired technology solution provider Varrow, Inc. Terms of the transaction were not...
27 Apr 2015
Capgemini Announces Acquisition of IGATE
French IT services company Capgemeni (CAP.PA) announced today that it was acquiring rival U.S.-based IT services firm IGATE Corp. (Nasdaq:IGTE) for $48 per share...
20 Apr 2015
Raytheon Acquires Websense to Establish New Cybersecurity Venture
US defense contractor Raytheon Co. (NYSE:RTN) announced today that it is acquiring network security provider Websense Inc. and combining its offerings with that of...
07 Apr 2015
Informatica Taken Private for $5.3 Billion
Enterprise software company Informatica Corp. (Nasdaq:INFA) agreed today to be taken private in an acquisition by Permira Advisers LLC and the Canada Pension Plan Investment...
16 Mar 2015
PCM, Inc. to Acquire Certain Assets of En Pointe Technologies Sales, Inc.
PCM, Inc. (NASDAQ:PCMI) announced earlier today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of En Pointe Technologies Sales, Inc.'s IT solution...
02 Mar 2015
HP to Acquire Aruba Networks
HP (NYSE:HPQ) announced earlier today that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aruba Networks (NASDAQ:ARUN), a provider of network access solutions...