Latest Mergers and Acquisitions articles

CGI to swallow Logica in £1.7bn deal

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Union consistent with consolidation of global IT services market, claims Canadian firm

31 May 2012

Logica braces for tough 2012

Logica grabs IBM veteran Bullard for UK CEO role

IP Integration commences shopping spree

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Avaya partner gets acquisition ball rolling with purchase of Reading-based integrator Micropoint

25 May 2012

Bridgeway and Vioptim in security VAR union

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Duo joins forces after working together on half a dozen implementations

21 May 2012

RM offloads Isis Concepts to complete the great sell-off

Furniture firm sold back to founder at a £2.5m loss

11 May 2012

Midwich adds Salt to audio expansion

Distributor buys Manchester pro-audio firm

10 May 2012

SecureData UK aims for mid-market dominance after MBO

Firm formerly known as MIS looks to buy and grow its way to £50m as former parent opts to throw all its weight behind African business

03 May 2012

ACS to weave in Fabric Technologies after £4.6m buyout

Software and services firm acquires capital-based MSP and VAR

01 May 2012

Regent: UK tops European M&A charts

Despite a decline in deals, the UK is still a hotbed of activity, first-quarter study shows

30 Apr 2012

Regent: M&A activity in Europe on decline

But acquisition landscape is being dominated by big-value global deals involving European firms, market watcher claims

13 Apr 2012

Reports link Microsoft to big RIM investment

More rumours emerge of potential takeover of battered and bruised BlackBerry builder

12 Apr 2012

Swift MS embarks on buy-and-build journey

Aggressive VAR hopes to become a £25m managed services player in three years

10 Apr 2012

Aggressive TIG pursues London MSPs

Managed services provider ready to be catalyst for consolidation of its market

05 Apr 2012

Accumuli turns over £7m in second half

Despite having to bed down three acquisitions, security services firm hits targets for its financial year

05 Apr 2012

Video provider First Connections sold to US company

Hampshire videoconferencing specialist acquired privately

03 Apr 2012

DCC sells Altimate to Arrow ECS

Pan-European Symantec, IBM, NetApp and Oracle distributor says its sale will allow it to meet industry challenges

03 Apr 2012

Six Degrees Group snaps up Telstra's UK mid-market base

UK comms buy-and-build player kicks on as Antipodean giant decides to focus on big enterprise, ChannelWeb learns

30 Mar 2012

Investment enables innovation

VARs may seek out new routes to growth as demand for product and services innovation continues to displace volume sales, suggests Simon Hitchcock

27 Mar 2012

Game prepares to call in adminstrators

Struggling computer game retailer announces intention to appoint an administrator following fallout with suppliers

21 Mar 2012

Trams clears up Cancom closure rumours

Apple reseller's new owner to gun for growth by focusing on Cancom's B2B success

21 Mar 2012

Cancom confirms "temporary" store closures

Apple Premium Reseller has closed its remaining retail outlets several days after rival's takeover

20 Mar 2012

Cisco splashes $5bn on UK video software firm NDS

Networking titan loosens purse strings to acquire pay TV industry specialist

16 Mar 2012

Weak foundations?

As the plans of yet more big names hit the buffers, we ask financiers, channel players and market watchers what the future holds for the buy-and-build model

12 Mar 2012

K3 to open talks with suitors

Services and software player puts itself on the market after receiving a clutch of tempting offers

01 Mar 2012

Concorde soars with Enigma buy

Buy-and-build specialist makes first acquisition in 18 months

01 Mar 2012

Maxima offloads trio of software units to trim debt levels

Integrator's half-year results show sales down and losses up as it sells Microsoft, Intellect and document management arms to m-hance

29 Feb 2012

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Why Apple wants bigger bite of channel

Latest distribution sell-through figures indicate a softening in Apple's stance towards the channel, says CRN deputy editor Doug Woodburn