mergers and acquisitions
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
'We want to get out of Zoom's shadow' - Serenova CEO on merger with Lifesize
Craig Malloy tells CPI that the comms vendor intends to take on the big guns in the unified comms as-a-service market, and that its partners will be given a free service in light of the coronavirus crisis
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
NetApp swoops on software-defined vendor Talon Storage
Storage vendor claims acquisition adds to cloud data services portfolio
Insight acquires Gold Microsoft cloud partner in France
Acquisition adds consulting and managed services team around Microsoft Cloud solutions
Bechtle acquires €50m-revenue SOLIDWORKS reseller
German VAR makes another concentrated acquisition around computer-aided design and manufacturing tech
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
Advania acquires Danish reseller as it adds last piece to Nordic footprint
Nordic VAR becomes ‘true pan-Nordic player’ with acquisition of Kompetera
What would Bill Hewlett and David Packard have done today? They would have called Carl Icahn and brought Xerox and HP together
CPI contributor Ray Stasieczko discusses argues that HP's founders would've seen the value in merger with Xerox
HP tight-lipped over Xerox's sweetened offer ahead of Q1 results
Vendor says it wants shareholders to have ‘full information’ on earnings before responding to Xerox’s renewed takeover approach
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
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
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