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Need to take the emotion out of tech evaluation and M&A? Here’s how

James Bourne — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:44:06 +0000

In the US, tech mergers and acquisitions remain the most active M&A sector in terms of both value and volume; in the first half of this year, $415.4 billion changed hands in almost 1,300 overall deals, according to White & Case’s M&A Explorer. Perhaps your company’s technology acquisition is not quite at the financial level... Read more »

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Forcepoint acquires Bitglass to bolster its SASE architecture

Fin Strathern — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:55:39 +0000

Cloud cybersecurity leader Forcepoint is continuing its M&A spree this year with its latest acquisition of Silicon Valley startup, Bitglass. Bitglass delivers a cloud-native security service edge (SSE) platform that secures access to and usage of information as organisations undergo transitioning to the cloud. Forcepoint plans to use the platform to complement its data-first secure... Read more »

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Zoom and Five9 back out of $14.7bn acquisition deal

Fin Strathern — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:41:00 +0000

Video conferencing giant Zoom has abandoned its bid to buy cloud software provider Five9 as part of a $14.7 billion (£10.8bn) deal announced in July. The collapse of the deal comes just weeks after the US Department of Justice dialled up its investigation of the acquisition due to national security concerns. Following a shareholder meeting... Read more »

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