Accenture buys Avieco to focus more on sustainability
As the very first deal in the UK in 2022, the global consulting and technology powerhouse Accenture has acquired Avieco, a 13-year-old consulting firm, to strengthen the company's green services offering.
At an undisclosed sum, Accenture has shared its plan to expand the company's sustainability... Read more
Talend purchases Gamma Soft, an innovator in data capture
Talend has acquired Gamma Soft, a market innovator in data capturing.
Gamma Soft has been bought by Talend, a global leader in data integration and management. Customers will benefit from integrating Gamma Soft's enterprise-class change data capture solutions, which will help them streamline the... Read more
CircleCI acquires Ponicode to introduce a new feature to its CI/CD Roster — AI-powered testing
DevOps platform organization “Circle Internet Services” announced it had acquired “Ponicode SAS,” a company from Paris with an AI-driven testing platform, to minimize coding errors.
The company – CircleCI – provides a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform to... Read more
Thales may acquire part of Atos while private equity looks to take the rest
French company Thales plans to buy (parts of) Atos, a cybersecurity business dealing with IT consultancy. The potential $3 billion deal is a move by Thales to test the political determination for consolidating France’s cybersecurity defenses.
Thales is Europe’s largest defense electronics co... Read more
Microsoft acquisition of Activision under scrutiny from FTC
Bloomberg News reported late on Monday that the US antitrust review of Microsoft's $68.7 billion proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., the maker of Call of Duty will be handled by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The report cited someone familiar with the matter.
The FTC, not the ... Read more
IBM plans to sell its Watson Health division for more than $1 billion
IBM has plans to sell its Watson Health unit. The establishment aims to receive more than one billion from sales.
Last February, IBM initially planned to sell the Watson Health unit. In the previous year, the Watson Health division was rumored to earn more than 1 billion dollars yearly revenue. ... Read more
Vista Equity partners buys Blue Prism, integrates it with Tibco
Over the last year, the robotic process automation market has been more active than ever. One of the pioneers in the market, Blue Prism, was sold to Vista Equity Partners for $1.5 billion (£1.095 billion) according to a filing in Great Britain.
Even though the past year has seen many RPA startu... Read more
Akamai spends $600 million to acquire Tel Aviv-based Guardicores
Akamai Technologies’ acquisition of Guardicore is a move in the right direction and a great way to enhance its cybersecurity portfolio. The deal was announced on Wednesday, with terms saying that Akamai will pay about $600 million to acquire all outstanding equity.
Guardicore is a Tel Aviv-bas... Read more
CEOs of Nvidia and ARM discuss controversial acquisiton
ARM and NVIDIA's CEO addressed the controversial deal in which NVIDIA purchased ARM for $40 billion. They say "this merger will be beneficial for many industries", contrary to what NVIDIA's rivals believe.
Reasons the deal is good for the industry
Simon Segars, CEO of ARM, and Jensen Huang, C... Read more
Gartner: Tech mergers and acquisitions to peak in 2022
As pandemic volatility subsides, competition for acquisition targets will continue to increase, they say.
This week Gartner released its report entitled Tech CEO: Acquisition Strategies During COVID-19 and Implications for Providers. The study predicts that there will be more global M&A acti... Read more