Acquisition stories - Page 196

Say hello to green: SEA data center market sees emergence of green facilities
Tue, 29th Mar 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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colocation
Southeast Asia is ripe for the emergence of green data centers, as data center operators seek energy efficient IT infrastructures.

Dell sheds IT services arm to NTT Data
Tue, 29th Mar 2016
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network infrastructure
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healthtech
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emc
Dell is selling its IT services arm, Dell Services, to Japan’s NTT Data, in a US$3.05 billion deal, freeing up cash for its EMC acquisition.

TPG cracks $1 billion half year revenue with 90% increase in profit
Thu, 24th Mar 2016
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iinet
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tpg telecom
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acquisition
TPG has seen revenue and profit soar following its acquisition of iiNet, recording an 84% increase in revenue and a 90% revenue increase.

Cogent snaps up professional services company Network Pro
Thu, 24th Mar 2016
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uc
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wireless networks
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cloud services
Cogent has acquired professional services company Network Pro, for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at adding managed services depth and scale.

Under-penetrated verticals offering huge MDM potential; will Microsoft shake up EMM?
Wed, 23rd Mar 2016
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mdm
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healthtech
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personal computing devices
The Australian MDM market is offering growth and 'significant' opportunities for the channel, while there could be a shakeup ahead for the EMM market.

Honeywell acquires Movilizer, cloud platform trailblazer
Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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uc
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telco
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sap
Honeywell completes acquisition of Movilizer, a cloud platform for field service applications. Details undisclosed.

Blue Coat Systems dominates network security forensics market
Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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data analytics
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martech
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planning
Blue Coat Systems has been recognised by Frost - Sullivan for its dominance in the global network security forensics market.

New release from Microsoft promises business benefits for enterprises
Tue, 22nd Mar 2016
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microsoft
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cloud services
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intergen
Microsoft's recently announced Dynamics AX is an enterprise-class business application architected to take full advantage of the cloud's resources.

Ingram Micro to boost UC NetXUSA acquisition
Fri, 18th Mar 2016
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uc
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voip
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contact centre
ngram Micro has acquired US-based NETXUSA, a unified communications value-added distributor focused on VOIP and IP phones for telco resellers.

EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes with Enghouse CTO
Fri, 18th Mar 2016
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uc
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contact centre
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enghouse interactive
The secret to success in the IT Industry? It all comes down to what you can learn from other people according to Enghouse's CTO.

Blackboard and Moodle partner up, take LMS platform to the world
Thu, 17th Mar 2016
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partner programmes
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open source
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learning
Moodle and Blackboard join forces to strengthen open source learning platform and support education providers worldwide.

Exclusive: Dell celebrates 20 years in NZ, so what lies ahead?
Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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network infrastructure
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cx
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martech
As Dell celebrates its 20th year in New Zealand, Kiwi boss James Arnold reminisces about the Dell of old – and the new model going forward.

IBM server sales surge, closes in on leaders HPE, Dell
Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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network infrastructure
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datacentre infrastructure
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lenovo
IBM saw strong server revenue growth in Q4, while the density optimised segment of the market benefitting from continuing data center buildouts.

Melbourne IT snaps up InfoReady for $15.4M
Wed, 16th Mar 2016
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uc
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digital transformation
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cloud services
Melbourne IT bolsters its digital edge, bagging analytics firm InfoReady in a £15.4m deal, eyeing growth in the tech transformation sphere.

LanDesk adds endpoint security to portfolio with AppSense buy
Tue, 15th Mar 2016
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appsense
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landesk
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partners
LanDesk is buying virtualisation company AppSense as it seeks to extend its unified endpoint management and add endpoint security to its portfolio.

SOLD: Distribution Central acquired by Arrow Electronics
Mon, 14th Mar 2016
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distribution central
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arrow ecs
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distributors
Distribution Central and been snapped up by global distributor Arrow Electronics as the reshuffle of the distribution channel continues.

Ingram Micro: Business as usual – and sorry Synnex and Westcon
Fri, 11th Mar 2016
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synnex
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westcon-comstor
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ingram micro
A new letter from Ingram Micro provides assurances about its sale to Tianjin Tianhai - and address previous comments about Synnex and WestconGroup.

Lenovo, Juniper eye channel with datacenter partnership
Thu, 10th Mar 2016
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hyperscale
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converged infrastructure
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dc
Lenovo teams up with Juniper, aiming to redefine datacenter solutions with a focus on simplicity, flexibility, and performance.

Half of all PaaS apps will be IoT-centric, says Gartner
Wed, 9th Mar 2016
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paas
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iot
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iaas
The analyst firm says Platform as a Service utilisation is on the rise due the widespread adoption of the Internet of Things.

Dicker Data wins right to full Lenovo enterprise portfolio
Tue, 8th Mar 2016
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converged infrastructure
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lenovo
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dicker data
Dicker Data's distie deal with Lenovo has been extended to include the vendor's full enterprise range in Australia, including Nutanix and DataCore.