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Cradlepoint acquired by Ericsson for $1.1bn to capture 5G market
Wireless edge vendor snapped up by Swedish telco giant
Google Cloud assembles EMEA A-Team with four high-profile hires from Salesforce, SAP and Microsoft
Vendor giant appoints new regional directors across UK and Ireland, Southern Europe, Nordics and DACH regions
Conscia makes trio of acquisitions as it ramps up managed services business in Europe
Cisco specialist expands NetApp and VMware capabilities with acquisitions across Demark, Sweden and the Netherlands
Pure Storage makes largest acquisition to date in grab for Kubernetes market
Storage vendor pays $370m in cash for US start-up Portworx
SoftwareONE CEO claims Comparex integration is ahead of schedule in H1 results
Dieter Schlosser says entire Comparex business has been migrated to SoftwareONE’s ERP system in ‘major step forward’ for integration effort
What tech's biggest ever acquisitions can teach us about Nvidia's $40bn deal for Arm
From Dell and EMC to IBM and Red Hat, CPI gives its verdict on whether tech’s blockbuster acquisitions were a masterstroke or a disaster waiting to happen
Exclusive Networks CEO steps down after 17 years
Arrow ECS exec Jesper Trolle becomes new chief exec of cybersecurity VAD with immediate effect
Consica on the verge of closing up to three more acquisitions following Credocom buyout
CEO of Cisco integrator powerhouse Conscia claims that COVID-19 has accelerated his M&A strategy
Cisco partner Conscia acquires Danish cybersecurity firm Credocom
Conscia acquires €25m-revenue Palo Alto Networks partner
Four key things you need to know about Computacenter's Pivot TS acquisition
Computacenter today snapped up $1.2bn-revenue VAR Pivot Technology Solutions. Here are our top things you need to know about how the acquisition fits into the UK-reseller’s growing business in the US
'It's just a starting point' - Exclusive Networks execs discuss plans for CEE market following Veracomp deal
EMEA head Gerard Allison and sales and marketing boss Andy Travers claim acquisition will act as a springboard for growth in CEE
'The best time to outgrow the market is in downturns like this' - Crayon CEO explains M&A strategy amid COVID-19 pandemic
Rune Syversen claims Crayon has raised €33m war chest to put towards M&A across Europe, the US and Australia
Econocom in negotiations to acquire fleet of sea rescue boats
French reseller in talks to throw lifeline to ailing marine services firm Bourbon Group through acquiring its fleet of towing and rescue boats
Exclusive Networks lands in CEE region with acquisition of €300m-revenue distributor
French distributor breaks into 10 CEE countries through acquisition of Polish player
Ricoh Europe makes double swoop on European VARs
Print vendor acquires DataVision in Germany and SimplicITy in Poland as it looks to bolster IT services footprint
Econocom acquires B2B and education arms from Belgium's largest Apple Premium reseller
French giant acquires €25m-revenue business from Apple Premium Reseller Switch
Top Bechtle exec quits to become CEO of tech firm
The German VAR’s SVP of e-commerce joins Danish-based firm Milestone Systems
Azure and AWS MSP Sentia gains Google Cloud certification
MSP claims Google is a ‘serious alternative’ to Azure and AWS
ALSO buys Sophos and Citrix distributor Dicom
Distribution behemoth takes bite out of value-added space in Austria with latest acquisition
Konica Minolta acquires cybersecurity partner to bolster IT services arm
Print vendor claims acquisition will “round-out” the defense offering of its All Covered division
Amazon in talks to acquire stake in Rackspace after lacklustre IPO - report
Rackspace’s shares spike as rumours emerge
Trump considering action against Alibaba following TikTok ban
US president says he is “looking at” clamping down on more Chinese firms
Getronics new owner opens up on turning the business around and earning back industry's trust
New owner and executive chairman opens up on turbulent 2019 under previous owner and how he plans to breathe new life into the IT services company