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IT mergers and acquisitions

• October 26, 2018 26 Oct'18

  Symphony Ventures acquisition: Deal underscores RPA growth

  Sykes Enterprises' acquisition of Symphony Ventures, a robotic process automation consulting firm, sheds light on the meteoric rise of the RPA market; other news from the week.

• October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18

  AWS consulting partners launch Mission

  AWS cloud consulting services firms Reliam, Stratalux and G2 Tech Group have rebranded as Mission and more acquisitions could be in the works; more news from the week.

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Evergreen Services Group: New deal to up MSP revenue to $40M

  MSP market M&A: Evergreen Services Group is acquiring SMB service providers that generate most of their business via monthly recurring revenue; more news from the week.

• June 20, 2018 20 Jun'18

  DattoCon 2018: Focus on MSPs poised for SMB growth

  The MSP industry has good prospects for growth in the SMB space as company valuations increase, but the firms with the greatest focus are more likely to reap the rewards.

• May 31, 2018 31 May'18

  Green House Data merger boosts Microsoft consulting skills

  The Green House Data merger with Infront Consulting Group lets the combined entity offer a range of offerings, from upfront consulting to ongoing managed services.

• May 25, 2018 25 May'18

  Appirio signs FinancialForce PSA software pact

  Under a new agreement, cloud consultancy Appirio revealed it plans to build a FinancialForce PSA sales and implementation practice; other IT channel news from the week.

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  IT services companies: Reliam, Converge Technology point to M&A trend

  Acquisition-minded ventures are building IT services platforms, as Reliam's buyout of managed cloud services provider Stratalux demonstrated this week; other IT channel news.

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Cloud Harmonics: Distributor becomes Ingram business unit

  Ingram Micro purchases cloud distribution firm and security tech specialist Cloud Harmonics; IBM previews Watson Build 2.0; other news from the week.

• September 11, 2017 11 Sep'17

  Rackspace acquisition: Cloud services firm to buy Datapipe

  Rackspace's pending acquisition of Datapipe will let the combined entity manage a range of public and private cloud options, an increasingly important capability for enterprises.

• September 08, 2017 08 Sep'17

  HPE Pointnext grows with Cloud Technology Partners acquisition

  Cloud Technology Partners, a Boston-based cloud consultancy, will become central to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's cloud practice, according to the vendor; other news from the week.

• June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17

  Quest Software creates distribution channel strategy as stand-alone vendor

  Since spinning out from Dell, Quest Software is seeing channel progress through its strategic partnerships with distributors Tech Data and Arrow Electronics.

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  IT services mergers: Pace accelerates as partners look to scale

  Merger and acquisition activity is heating up across a spectrum of partner companies, from business-process-outsourcing providers to systems integrators; more news from the week.

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  Dell-EMC merger: Future prospects for Virtustream, VMware, Pivotal

  At Dell EMC World, executive leaders from Virtustream, VMware and Pivotal described how the Dell-EMC merger has affected their companies; more channel news from the week.

• June 03, 2016 03 Jun'16

  Tech acquisitions: June kicks off with M&A frenzy

  SolarWinds, ServiceNow, Salesforce, Vista Capital Partners and eFolder bolstered their offerings in an M&A rush; other IT channel news from the week.

• May 31, 2016 31 May'16

  $1.79B sale of marketing automation vendor Marketo could help channel

  The pending sale of Marketo to a private equity firm, the latest in a series of marketing automation deals, could generate more services business for partners.