Finance and M&A
Charterhouse kicks off new year with pair of acquisitions
Symity and Digital Exchange Products were snapped up for their geographic presence and Microsoft capabilities, respectively
Manchester VAR BCN Group acquires Xicon Cloud as M&A spree continues
Fast-growing firm makes third acquisition in 18 months
Fast-growing UK AWS partner Inawisdom gobbled up by Cognizant
Cognizant continues $1bn acquisition drive with purchase of Ipswich-based AI specialist, which has gone from zero to £10m turnover in less than five years
Capita agrees sale of education unit for around £400m
Outsourcing giant sells Educations Software Solutions to Montagu Private Equity
Midwich takes M&A drive to the Middle East
Distie makes second acquisition of the year
Ingram Micro sold to private equity firm for $7.2bn
Deal between HNA Technology and Platinum Equity expected to close in first half of 2021
Air IT continues M&A frenzy with double acquisition
MSP has snapped up Oxford-based Riverbank IT Management and Coventry-based Nexus GS
Cisco to acquire UK firm for $730m
IMImobile's platform enables enterprise to engage with customers over social, messaging and voice platforms
Timico acquires Arcus Global cloud spin-off
Multi million pound deal will see Arcus Cloud Solutions provide services across the AWS platform
Agilitas boss leads MBO
New private equity investor comes in
SCC 'alive to prospect' of reseller acquisitions, CEO tells CRN
Birmingham-based firm looking at "smaller resellers" as part of expansion plans for core UK, French and Spanish markets
Splunk makes third acquisition of 2020
The acquisitive vendor has bought local data monitoring start-up Flowmill to expand its recently unveiled Observability Suite
ECS Group acquired by US consultancy firm
London-based services firm will retain brand and leadership under new ownership
Exclusive Networks gobbles up UK-based cloud player
Acquisition of Nuaware will accelerate cloud and DevOps opportunities for partners, says French distributor
FireEye shells out $186m on security automation firm
Cybersecurity vendor acquires Respond Software as it receives $400m strategic investment
MSP Arkphire acquired by $3bn-revenue US giant
$3bn-revenue Presidio claims deal will fuel business expansion into Europe and APAC
Grey Matter and Sigma Software Distribution parent acquired by US firm
CDF Group acquired for $17.4m
Exclusive: Park Place acquires rival Curvature
CEO Chris Adams reveals to CRN rationale behind the merger and what it means for the TPM firm's channel ecosystem
SoftwareONE acquires full stake in Latin America MSP
Licencing giant buys up remaining shares in Columbian firm after grabbing 60 per cent stake in 2019
Stock markets surge on vaccine news, but Zoom tumbles
Zoom's share price drops 17 per cent