Mergers & Acquisitions
Forescout sells to PE at discount after COVID-19 scuppered initial deal
Cybersecurity vendor also drops lawsuit against private equity firm for attempt to pull out of first buyout deal agreed in February
Computacenter closes in on buyout of BT's French business
BT agrees sale of French networking unit after completing consultation process with works councils
Sabio acquires French partner as European expansion continues
French firm Coverage becomes latest addition to the Sabio group
Tech Data closes $5.4bn sale to Apollo
Distribution behemoth completes sale to private equity and announces $750m investment plan
Platinum-level HPE partner CSN Group takes on PE investment
Dutch MSP sells stake to Quadrum Capital as it looks to accelerate growth strategy
MSP becomes 'one of the largest' players in Ireland after latest acquisition
UK player Calligo makes second Irish M&A move of the year through snapping up Itomic Voice & Data
Swiss cybersecurity group plans more M&A after acquiring top Check Point partner in Germany
Swiss IT Security Group says it is scouting DACH market for more M&A opportunities as it makes 12th acquisition since it was founded in 2017
Dutch AV integrator Kinly snaps up the UK's largest player
Amsterdam firm claims it's a 'top three' global player after major acquisition
GFI closes Informática El Corte Inglés acquisition bringing revenues to €2.3bn
French firm becomes ‘benchmark’ IT services company in Europe through acquiring retail giant's IT division
Xerox withdraws €34bn takeover offer for HP
Print vendor says ongoing COVID-19 crisis means HP takeover efforts must come to an end
Computacenter in talks to snap up €118m BT France services business
The reseller giant and BT France have today announced they have entered into exclusive negotiations
Comms vendors Lifesize and Serenova merge as UCaaS and CCaaS worlds converge
New company hopes to grab a bigger share of UCaaS market through acquisitions, product development and partnerships
Canon warns $5bn-a-year relationship with HP could end as Xerox's bid is shot down
Canon supplies components for laser printers to HP, but says this relationship would have to end if Xerox pushes through its acquisition
Insight acquires Gold Microsoft cloud partner in France
Acquisition adds consulting and managed services team around Microsoft Cloud solutions
Thoma Bravo completes Sophos takeover
Sophos taken private as deal completes
Bechtle acquires €50m-revenue SOLIDWORKS reseller
German VAR makes another concentrated acquisition around computer-aided design and manufacturing tech
Sophos PE buyout gets flat tyre over Cycle to Work scheme
Private equity takeover delayed but still set to go through
Partners weigh in on HP's Xerox U-turn: HP's bleeding cash on print and supplies and they need to fix it
Partners discuss their thoughts on HP’s apparent change of heart and the future for a merged entity
HP open to a talks with Xerox as it admits merger would bring $1bn in cost synergies
Any potential deal negotiation must be based on 'realistic synergies' says Lores
Advania acquires Danish reseller as it adds last piece to Nordic footprint
Nordic VAR becomes ‘true pan-Nordic player’ with acquisition of Kompetera
'The biggest acquisition we've ever done' - C'PRO buys print competitor Koden to become €600m monster
French firm becomes Europe’s largest multi-vendor print partner through landmark acquisition
Xerox ups its bid for HP as it claims shareholders are backing merger
New figure is as much as $2bn higher than offer made in November
Cognizant snaps up top Salesforce partner in France as it scales international cloud business
Acquisition adds 345 staff based in Paris to Cognizant’s cloud management portfolio
