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Daisy chief executive Matthew RileyMergers and Acquisitions

Daisy sees VoIP boom after BNS buy-out

Serial acquirer continues consolidation quest with £10.45m buy-out 18 Feb 2010

Apex fires up M&A engine

IBM partner looks to splash the cash in the next month 25 Jan 2010

Computacenter bags trio of IBM badges

VAR celebrates becoming first UK partner to gain Dynamic Infrastructure accreditation in multiple technology areas 22 Jan 2010

Boosting SMB server virtualisation sales

Smaller companies are still baulking when it comes to virtualisation sales but could storage virtual appliances be the answer? 18 Jan 2010

Extreme to cash in on M&A uncertainty

Vendor claims its single-minded focus on Ethernet networking could tempt partners from more thinly spread rivals 18 Jan 2010

Tandberg buy-out could spark video VAR purge

Industry commentators predict heightened consolidation in wake of Cisco takeover 09 Dec 2009

Daisy still on acquisition trail

Firm endures pre-tax loss for 2009's first nine months but claims integration continues apace and more deals will follow 07 Dec 2009

Roundtable: Virtual victory

Virtualisation offers considerable financial and environmental advantages to users, finds Fleur Doidge 13 Nov 2009

AV distributor Medium buys most of Beyondis

Consolidation continues across the communications and video channel 12 Nov 2009

Chess doubles profit in 2009

Telecoms firm grows top and bottom line and has RBS backing to continue acquisition strategy 11 Nov 2009

Logitech scales up with LifeSize buy

Peripherals vendor snaps up videoconferencing specialist for $405m and plans open standards video community 11 Nov 2009

M86 snaps up Finjan

Ex-Finjan boss oversees acquisition of former employer just seven months after leaving 03 Nov 2009

M&A value down 80 per cent in Q3

Volume of deals in UK tech sector hits 12-year low as channel firms report many targets are overvalued 02 Nov 2009

Onyx back in M&A action

Middlesbrough VAR increases financial services clout with buyout of City-based Disaster Recovery Solutions. 26 Oct 2009

"Price and quality" issues scupper Xploite M&A

Buy-and-build specialist allows shareholders to cash in on Anix disposal as it plans acquisitions of smaller firms 21 Oct 2009

Avaya and Nortel face tough task

Following blockbuster acquisition, channel onlookers foresee challenges in executing integration 02 Oct 2009

Servassure to grow with Daisy

Telecoms firm spins out recently acquired third party services specialist and backs management team to succeed 22 Sep 2009

A quarter-century of change in the channel

Phil Jones reflects on some channel lessons of the past 25 years 08 Sep 2009

Feeling the urge to merge

Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in the current economic climate 04 Sep 2009

Moffat buyout is capital idea for Onyx

Acquisitive north east VAR Onyx Group picks up Grant Thornton-owned Moffat Communications to boost London presence 17 Aug 2009

Daisy confirms Redstone Telecom buy-out

Industry rumours proved right as acquisitive telecoms firm bags fixed line specialist for £17m 14 Aug 2009

SCC lauds server consolidation as green IT key

Integrator highlights server consolidation as easiest way to reduce carbon footprint, in wake of Commons Environmental Audit Committee statement 14 Aug 2009

Acquiring the channel facts

Acquisitions are a bit like buses; ­ you wait ages for one and then several come along at once. 07 Aug 2009

WatchGuard VARs given email security chance

UTM manufacturer claims BorderWare buy-out will give resellers expanded portfolio and sales opportunities 07 Aug 2009

Ericsson bags Nortel wireless arm for $1.13bn

Swedish firm triumphs in auction but RIM refuses to give up and reaches out to Canadian governnment 27 Jul 2009

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