Acquisitions

Corporate predators get more than they bargain for when their prey runs SonicWall firewalls

Acquirers inherit more than staff and systems

Cyber-crime25 Nov 2025 | 1

Uncle Sam lets Google take Wiz for $32B

Second time's the charm for after Wiz rejected Google's $23B offer last year

Security05 Nov 2025 | 3

Microsoft, Nvidia, and others inject $40B into AI bubble with massive datacenter deal

Big Tech and big money unite to back world’s biggest bit-barn buyout

AI + ML15 Oct 2025 | 9

Node4's £45M Tisski takeover ends in tears – and £2.4M in damages

Messy ruling details a perfect storm of NAO, MoD, and Aquila contract failures

Public Sector23 Sep 2025 | 3

Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger

'A cross-platform browser as an OS is now closer than ever,' claims $610M richer cofounders of The Browser Company

Software04 Sep 2025 | 18

Brace yourselves, Backup Exec and InfoScale users, Cloud Software Group just acquired your tools

Expect the price hikes and channel changes that proved controversial at VMware, Citrix, and DOGE

Software06 Aug 2025 | 5

Palo Alto Networks inks $25b deal to buy identity-security shop CyberArk

The lure? Identity security and privileged access management tools to verify humans and... machines

Security30 Jul 2025 | 2

HPE finally closes Juniper deal, but offers no details on what happens next

A big shrug to early integration questions

Networks02 Jul 2025 | 9

Arista acquires VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN outfit from Broadcom

It's 2025 so even this networking deal is about AI, which is apparently about to change wide area networks

Networks02 Jul 2025 | 4

DoJ clears HPE to buy Juniper if it sells Instant On Wi-Fi and licenses some code

Which it will, happily, to create a networking biz that’s still far smaller than Cisco’s or Nvidia’s

Networks30 Jun 2025 | 5

Boeing offloads some software businesses to private equiteer Thoma Bravo

Ten billion bucks coming in for a soft landing, customers may be about to experience a bumpy ride

Software23 Apr 2025 | 21

With AI boom in full force, 2024 datacenter deals reach $57B record

Fewer giant contracts, but many more smaller ones, in bit barn feeding frenzy

Systems14 Jan 2025 | 2

Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign

Analysis Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she helped build aren’t going anywhere

Legal21 Dec 2024 | 18

BlackBerry offloads Cylance's endpoint security products to Arctic Wolf

Fresh attempt to mix the perfect cocktail of IoT and Infosec

Security17 Dec 2024 | 1

SQL king Larry Ellison becomes sequel sultan with controlling interest in Paramount Global

Oh, great: another tech billionaire owns a media company – although his son probably runs the show

Offbeat06 Sep 2024 | 39

You had one job – and four US regulators will share info to check a merger didn't unfairly end it

The mass layoffs that follow tech acquisitions are likely to attract greater scrutiny

Public Sector04 Sep 2024 | 4

HPE nabs long-time ally Morpheus Data

The CMP boasts to be the orchestration platform behind GreenLake since 2022

Software15 Aug 2024 |

Alphabet's reported $23B bet on Wiz fizzles out

Cybersecurity outfit to go its own way to IPO and $1B ARR

Security23 Jul 2024 | 4

Nokia to buy Infinera for $2.3B

Aims to expand optical networking biz, particularly in North America

Networks28 Jun 2024 | 2

Brit watchdog gnawing on HPE's $14B buy of cable giant Juniper Networks

Invites comments from rivals and customers at start of merger probe

Networks19 Jun 2024 | 10

Second time lucky for Thoma Bravo, which scoops up Darktrace for $5.3B

Analysts brand deal a 'nail in the coffin' for UK tech investment

Security26 Apr 2024 | 4

Salesforce apparently poised to slurp data management outfit Informatica

Investors get excited about using AI to make AI easier

Software15 Apr 2024 |

Canva acquires Affinity, further wounding a regulator-bruised Adobe

Yet another reason to reconsider that overpriced Creative Cloud subscription

Applications26 Mar 2024 | 29

Ker-Splunk! Cisco closes $28 billion analytics acquisition

Job one: Splunkify Talos threat intelligence, then do the same all over the Cisco portfolio

Software19 Mar 2024 | 8

VMware's end-user compute unit reportedly headed to private equity firm KKR

As users report Broadcom massively hikes license costs, consultant advises negotiation tactics used for Oracle or Microsoft will apply

Virtualization26 Feb 2024 | 24

Japan's second-ranked mobile telco to buy convenience store chain from Mitsubishi

KDDI wants to snack on data about who buys what at which of Lawson's 14,600 stores

Offbeat08 Feb 2024 | 5

Competition is decreasing in enterprise IT – and you’ll be poorer and dumber for it

Comment Suppliers know they can get away with less and the cloud means alternatives are less likely to emerge

On-Prem28 Jan 2024 | 31

Atos confirms talks with Airbus over cybersecurity wing sale

IT service company's latest move to clear its maturing debts

Security03 Jan 2024 | 2

Cisco goes Christmas shopping, buys Cilium project originator Isovalent

Switchzilla likes what eBPF does for multicloud networking and security

Networks22 Dec 2023 | 13

VMware's end-user compute products are for sale. Who might buy 'em?

Would you rather a cloud that not-so-gently migrates you, or a retirement home like HCL?

Virtualization19 Dec 2023 | 17

Broadcom re-orgs VMware into four divisions – none of which mention end-user compute products

Community programs retained but CEO waves farewell

Virtualization23 Nov 2023 | 26

SonicWall swallows Solutions Granted amid cybersecurity demand surge

CEO Bob VanKirk makes near-20-year partnership official, teases big things coming to EMEA

CSO17 Nov 2023 | 1

Broadcom, VMware insist merger to 'close soon' as China plays hard to get

Regulatory red dragon keeping silent with a day left until deadline

Virtualization30 Oct 2023 | 4

Atlassian buys 'asynchronous video' outfit Loom for almost $1 billion

Imagine a Jira bug report with an embedded video explaining the situation

SaaS13 Oct 2023 | 25

Cisco spends $28B on data cruncher Splunk in cybersecurity push

$157/share cash deal is the largest acquisition in networking titan's history

Security21 Sep 2023 | 5

Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft?

All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal

Software22 Aug 2023 | 35

FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: 'Losing two is okay'

How quick y'all are to forget Nvidia-Arm

Personal Tech25 Jul 2023 | 4

Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes

No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder

Legal20 Jul 2023 | 1

UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover

Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats

Virtualization19 Jul 2023 | 2

FTC pulls emergency brake on Microsoft's marriage to Activision Blizzard

Updated Agency concerned the pair are planning to combine before it's able to make a decision whether to allow it

Software13 Jun 2023 | 27

Fahrenheit to take over Celsius

0°C×9/5+32 = how much money to thaw frozen crypto accounts?

Legal26 May 2023 | 43

Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal

Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8

China becomes the 37th country to approve Microsoft's Activision buyout

Boss fights with US and UK authorities lie ahead, and Redmond may not have enough power-ups to prevail

Legal23 May 2023 | 10

Larry Ellison cleared of forcing Oracle to overpay for NetSuite

Billionaire and his financial stake in the deal aren't to blame, says a Delaware judge

Software15 May 2023 | 3

Boss fight cleared: Europe approves Microsoft's Activision takeover

Completing a tough level doesn't mean squat if you can't defeat UK and USA

Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 7

EU still set to OK Microsoft's Activision slurp, UK disagrees

We've got four words for you: Insert coin to continue

Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 8

UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition

That's not very Unicorn Kingdom of you

Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 69

Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover

Strangling competition won't fly here, says Brussels

Virtualization13 Apr 2023 | 1

Toshiba board supports – without recommending – $15 billion takeover bid

It's probably going to happen, but final approval depends on 'circumstances'

Legal24 Mar 2023 | 6

T-Mobile US buys Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile for $1.35B

Video However, those Ryan Reynolds commercials aren't going anywhere

Personal Tech15 Mar 2023 | 9

SAP's in-and-out burger Qualtrics sold to Silver Lake and Canadian pension funds

Someone's still got some cash jangling about after the Silicon Valley Bank mess

Spotlight on Databases14 Mar 2023 | 4

Amid the gloom of widespread layoffs, Fujitsu is hiring and acquiring

Buys GK Software and intends to put 1,600 new people on staff – some of them oldies

Software02 Mar 2023 | 7

This won't hurt a bit: Amazon now a US healthcare provider

Updated Closes takeover of One Medical, has your shopping habits and medical info

Personal Tech23 Feb 2023 | 36

OpenText completes Micro Focus buy, CEO says bye to 8% of workforce

Here's your new desk, phone, security card, and an unpleasant missive for some

Software01 Feb 2023 | 5

Fujitsu has a yen for 'large-scale' acquisitions and billions of yen to fund them

Digital transformation is still a thing and Japanese giant wants to buy anyone that can do it

Software12 Jan 2023 | 7

Video game players sue to frag Microsoft-Activision merger

Redmond accused of monopolising a market! How shocking

Personal Tech21 Dec 2022 | 9