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.
29 Oct 2018
IBM Acquires Red Hat
In a surprise development yesterday, IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) announced that the two companies had reached a definitive agreement for IBM to acquire Red Hat for $190.00 per share in cash...
09 Oct 2018
SoftwareONE Acquires COMPAREX
Software management company SoftwareONE announced today it has reached an agreement to acquire IT service provider COMPAREX, purchasing 100 percent of shares in the company...
03 Oct 2018
Cloudera and Hortonworks Announce $5.2B Merger
Software companies Cloudera (NYSE: CLDR) and Hortonworks (Nasdaq: HDP) announced today they have agreed to an all-stock merger. As a result of the deal, Cloudera stockholders will own 60 percent...
01 Oct 2018
Computacenter Acquires FusionStorm
European solution provider giant Computacenter plc (LON:CCC) announced today it has acquired San Francisco-based IT solution provider FusionStorm for a total of up to $135M. An initial cash consideration of $70M was paid upon completion of the acquisition...
28 Sep 2018
H.I.G. Capital Acquires Iron Bow Technologies
Private equity firm H.I.G. Capital announced today one of its affiliates has acquired a majority interest in Iron Bow Technologies, an IT solution provider serving government, commercial and healthcare clients...
20 Sep 2018
Adobe Nears Acquisition of Marketo for $5B
According to CNBC, Adobe is closing in on an acquisition of marketing automation software company Marketo for around $5B. While Adobe and Marketo spokespeople did...
17 Sep 2018
Tailwind Capital Acquires Core BTS
Middle market private equity firm Tailwind Capital announced today its acquisition of Core BTS, a technology consulting firm focused on networking, collaboration, security and data center solutions. According to the press release, Paul...
02 Aug 2018
Cisco to Acquire Duo Security for $2.35B
Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) announced today its intent to acquire privately held Duo Security for $2.35B. The deal will be paid out in cash with some...
02 Aug 2018
HP to Acquire Apogee for $500M
HP (NYSE: HPQ) announced yesterday its definitive agreement to acquire UK-based managed print services provider Apogee Corporation for £380M, or ~$500M. As part of the agreement, Apogee will operate as an independent subsidiary of HP...