mergers and acquisitions
HP calls out Carl Icahn in stinging reply to Xerox
Activist investor's self interests are not aligned with shareholders, HP claims
Xerox nominates 11 candidates to replace HP's board of directors
HP shareholders will be 'better served' by a new director line up, claims Xerox CEO
OpenText's global channel boss opens up on the challenges of integrating three companies at once
Partners of Webroot, Carbonite and OpenText will need to wait until the summer before there's more clarity on the current three separate partner programmes
German reseller DATAGROUP acquires Portavis
Buyout of €60m-revenue MSP pushes DATAGROUP further into financial sector
Umanis CEO mulling big acquisition overseas after bruising 2019 in French market
Laurent Piepszownik tells CPI that the Île-de-France-headquartered data intelligence VAR is attacking 2020 with a new focus on SME, and looking to change tactics to expand outside of France with a "€100m-revenue" acquisition
Sabio expands Spanish footprint with new acquisition
Madrid-based Team vision marks acquisitive VAR's sixth purchase in three years
Bechtle acquires Cisco partner in Switzerland
VAR heavyweight adds managed services competencies to Swiss business
'We are buying majority stakes in existing companies to become the best MSP in the Netherlands': Solimas Group CEO
After his recent acquisition, serial channel entrepreneur Maarten van Montfoort talks expansion strategy in the Netherlands
Advania expands in Finland days after flogging Norwegian ERP business
Nordic VAR makes its second expansion in Finland, days after divesting part of tis Norwegian business
Dutch MSP Solimas Group snaps up majority stake in local rival
Solimas has snapped up Microsoft and VMWare partner B-Critical
Broadcom flogs Symantec's cybersecurity services business to Accenture
Global SI acquires six security operations centres and 300 Symantec staff
Columbus CEO says further acquisitions are on the horizon
A day after the Nordic reseller snapped up Advania's ERP business, Thomas Honoré says he's considering further buys to scale Columbus' cloud solutions
Nordic VAR Advania sells off ERP business to rival Columbus
Consolidation continues in software channel as established players add scale
Dell mulls buying the rest of Secureworks - reports
Secureworks stock jumped almost 16 per cent yesterday, amid M&A rumours
F5 Networks drops $1bn for Shape Security acquisition
Networking giant says merger will make it "absolutely essential to every digital organisation in the world"
French-speaking unified comms merger led by Destiny Group
Operators OpenIP and Destiny have announced they are to merge
Top 11 channel partner acquisitions of 2019
CPI looks into the biggest partners who have been consolidated in the EMEA and North American channels
Bechtle buys Apple reseller in the Netherlands
Reseller heavyweight creates 'Apple Centre of Excellence' in Dutch market with Ivizi buyout
Gfi creates €2.3bn giant with Informática El Corte Inglés acquisition
French services firm snaps up debt-ridden Iberian consultancy to strengthen its position in Spain, Portugal and Latin America
Top six vendor acquisitions of 2019 that left partners stumped
CPI looks into the impact to the channel of the top blockbuster vendor buys that have left the channel scratching its head
McAfee eyeing move for Symantec's consumer arm - reports
Vendor said to be pondering move to bolster consumer unit, with PE firms also in the frame
Cegeka takes over Microsoft Dynamics business in the Netherlands
Top European VAR Cegeka expands its Dynamic 365 business, four months after being awarded Microsoft elite membership
Juniper NXTWORK 2019: Partners reveal hopes and fears for Juniper's AI strategy
At Juniper Network's EMEA conference, partners told CPI what they make of Juniper's bid to take on Cisco in the enterprise space using its MIST acquisition
US cloud networking provider pays €50m cash for Dutch rival
GTT adds to its European footprint with KPN International, months after its €2.3bn acquisition of Interoute closed
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