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.
03 Nov 2014
Publicis to Acquire Sapient for $3.7 Billion
French advertising company Publicis Groupe SA (PUB.PA) announced today that it had agreed to acquire digital advertising specialist Sapient Corp. (Nasdaq:SAPE) for $25 per share...
03 Nov 2014
Aetna to Acquire bswift for $400 million
Health insurer Aetna, Inc. (NYSE:AET) announced today that it was acquiring insurance exchange technology company bswift for $400 million. Aetna, the U.S.'s third-largest healthcare...
05 Oct 2014
A Tale of Two Companies: HP to Split
A report in the Wall Street Journal this morning announced that Silicon Valley stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) will soon announce plans to split into...
18 Sep 2014
SAP to Acquire Concur Technologies for $8.3 Billion
German enterprise software giant SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced that it was purchasing Concur Technologies (NSDQ:CNQR), a travel and expense management software company, for $129...
15 Sep 2014
Cognizant to Acquire TriZetto for $2.7 Billion
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (Nasdaq:CTSH) announced today that it was acquiring private healthcare IT services provider TriZetto Corp for $2.7 billion in its largest...
02 Sep 2014
Compuware to Be Acquired by Thoma Bravo
Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ:CPWR), a technology performance software provider, announced today that it would be taken private by Thoma Bravo LLC, a leading private equity...
14 Jul 2014
Teleperformance Acquires Aegis USA Inc from Essar
Teleperformance S.A. (ENXTPA:RCF), a leading outsourced customer experience manager, announced Thursday that it had acquired Aegis USA Inc. from a portfolio company of Essar...
02 Jul 2014
Modi’s Election: A Positive Choice for India’s Economy and Its IT Industry
On May 16 Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party were declared the winners of the world's largest exercise of democracy -- India's general election..
23 Jun 2014
Oracle Acquires Micros Systems for $5.3 Billion
Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) announced today that it was acquiring retail and hospitality solutions and software provider Micros Systems (NASDAQ:MCRS) for $5.3 billion, or $68 per...