Latest Consolidation 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

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

Tech sector to defy bankruptcy bloodbath

Technology, media and telecoms firms will buck wider UK trend, claims BDO

02 Apr 2012

Trams snaps up Cancom’s UK arm

Deal will expand Apple reseller’s presence in the education, B2B and mail order sectors

16 Mar 2012

Exclusive achieves “super VAD” status with German buy

Pan-European distributor follows up VADition acquisition with purchase of Münster-based distributor TLK

09 Jan 2012

Smith seizes minority stake in Maxima

Ian Smith's firm MXC Capital invests £1m in loss-making VAR

19 Oct 2011

Onyx boosts M&A fire power through ISIS investment

Private equity house makes £42m investment in cloud and datacentre provider

18 Oct 2011

Channel M&A ball keeps rolling

Deal flow remains high in Q3, data from Regent indicates

10 Oct 2011

Redstone spin-off RMS sells up to Pinnacle

McAfee, CA and Sophos partner agrees £468,000 deal with telecoms VAR

10 Oct 2011

Avisen performs reverse takeover of 1Spatial

£4.74m deal designed to provide platform for next phase of Avisen's development

07 Oct 2011

TSG makes second acquisition of 2011

Newcastle-upon-Tyne-based reseller buys SharePoint consultancy Rocket Solutions

19 Jul 2011

Oracle Platinum partners join forces

Licensing specialist Inoapps buys services-focused Teamsolve to create Oracle powerhouse

11 Jul 2011

VADition owner to buy in Germany

Exclusive Networks turns attention to German-speaking Europe for next targets

08 Jul 2011

Ex-SpiriTel team blasts off with new VAR

Alastair Mills and his crew unveil new buy-and-build outfit eight months after SpiriTel sale

05 Jul 2011

VADition bosses loyal to new owner 

Neil Ledger claims deal with Exclusive Networks is a partnership rather than just an acquisition

04 Jul 2011

VADition sells up to Exclusive Networks

Ledger and Morris agree deal with Paris-based firm as their distributor's fifth anniversary nears

30 Jun 2011

XTG says Livingston in solid shape

IT rentals firm's collapse due solely to funding difficulties, according to new owner XTG

27 Jun 2011

Oracle buys web experience whizzkid FatWire

Vendor claims acquisition will benefit partners

21 Jun 2011

Kelway snaps at Computacenter's heels

Aggressive VAR talks battleplans

17 Jun 2011

Calyx grabs mid-market software duo

Private equity owner Better Capital advances £6m to fund Touchstone and Trinity acquisitions

06 Jun 2011

Trustmarque fearful for box-shifting LARs

York-based reseller claims Nimbus acquisition marks it out from other Microsoft LARs

16 May 2011

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