Acquisition stories - Page 157

Lack of an end-to-end systems offer is one reason service providers have not got a bigger digital story to tell.

Sky shareholders have voted YES to the Sky-Vodafone merger this morning at a special meeting held at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland this morning.

The Vodafone-Sky merger is set to be put to shareholders at 10.30am tomorrow morning (July 6) at the Pullman Hotel in Auckland.

Amidst ongoing speculation, Microsoft faces a critical decision: should they withdraw from the smartphone market after writing off USD $950m and cutting jobs?.

BigAir Group acquires cybersecurity service provider CyberHound in a $7 million deal to expand its addressable market.

Telstra has continued its buying spree, snapping up Readify to expand its ability to drive digital transformation for customers.

Systems integrators, IT and software vendors, and telecoms operators all need to think of themselves as digital service providers.

Carrier cloud providers forced to re-evaluate public cloud strategies due to their struggle to gain market share against pure plays and incumbents.

Blue Central has acquired VCPro for an undisclosed sum in a deal which gives the IT solutions and services provider new offerings - and a new boss.

Vocus bolsters its telecom empire, acquiring NextGen Group's vast fibre assets for a hefty £619m, enhancing national connectivity.

The two Australian managing directors of Ruckus Wireless and Brocade have left, right before the two companies undergo a global merger.

Cisco is set to acquire cloud security provider CloudLock for $293m, in a move to enhance its security portfolio.

TIS vendors face challenging times as market slumps, with China slowdown impacting revenues and driving the need for strategic realignment.

One of New Zealand's key distributors has launched its assault on the Australia market, opening a Melbourne office and warehouse.

Equinix has been awarded Frost & Sullivan's 2016 Asia Pacific ICT Award for Data Center Service Provider of the Year at a ceremony last week.

Michael Sentonas, CrowdStrike's vice president for Technology Strategy explains why the company has launched in Australia, & biggest security threats.

The emergence of new pure-play OTT services is gradually pushing digital service providers to embark on the media transformation journey.

Dell is cutting its losses with its sale of Dell Software Group & its non-core assets to focus on its EMC acquisition, according to a TBR white paper.

Tianjin Tianhai's acquisition of Ingram Micro moved a step closer this week with Ingram Micro shareholders overwhelming voting in favour of the deal.

Dell has signed a definitive agreement with Francisco Partners and Elliott Management to sell Dell Software Group for an unspecified price tag.