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SoftBank mulls sale of Arm, hires Goldman Sachs to explore options
SoftBank mulls sale of Arm, hires Goldman Sachs to explore options

The Japanese conglomerate needs more cash to support firms in its $100 billion Vision Fund

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 14 July 2020
SUSE to acquire Kubernetes firm Rancher Labs
SUSE to acquire Kubernetes firm Rancher Labs

Acquisition will support SUSE's ambitions in application management

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 08 July 2020
Microsoft acquires industrial IoT security startup CyberX
Microsoft acquires industrial IoT security startup CyberX

CyberX specialises in AI-based techniques to identify potential risks to industrial control systems from cyber actors

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 24 June 2020
Facebook-Giphy deal being probed by UK competition watchdog
Facebook-Giphy deal being probed by UK competition watchdog

The CMA is concerned about possible 'substantial lessening of competition' due to the acquisition

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 15 June 2020
Telefonica and Liberty Global in talks over UK telecomms merger
Telefonica and Liberty Global in talks over UK telecomms merger

O2 / Virgin Media combination would be serious competition for BT and Sky

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 04 May 2020
Computing's publisher Incisive Media acquires reviews site
Computing's publisher Incisive Media acquires reviews site

Trusted Reviews complements Incisive Media’s existing technology brands Computing and Computer Reseller News (CRN)

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  • 20 April 2020
Verizon to acquire Zoom rival BlueJeans for 'less than $500m'
Verizon to acquire Zoom rival BlueJeans for 'less than $500m'

BlueJeans doesn't offer a free video-conferencing service like Zoom and Skype

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 17 April 2020
Xerox ends its hostile takeover bid for HP amid coronavirus uncertainty
Xerox ends its hostile takeover bid for HP amid coronavirus uncertainty

Merging the two companies would have brought long-term benefits for both, it insists

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 01 April 2020
HP tells shareholders: Takeover by Xerox amid coronavirus crisis could be disastrous
HP tells shareholders: Takeover by Xerox amid coronavirus crisis could be disastrous

This is not the perfect time to discuss a deal with Xerox, HP argues

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 26 March 2020
Microsoft to acquire JavaScript package vendor npm and integrate its technology with Github
Microsoft to acquire JavaScript package vendor npm and integrate its technology with Github

Node.js package manager npm will continue to be supported as part of GitHub, says CEO Nat Friedman

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  • 18 March 2020
HP rejects Xerox's $35 billion hostile takeover bid
HP rejects Xerox's $35 billion hostile takeover bid

The takeover would disproportionately benefit Xerox shareholders, HP believes, and leave behind a company overburdened with debt

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  • 06 March 2020
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UK IT services firm Kainos buys US Workday partner IntuitiveTek

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  • 02 March 2020
HP announces three-year financial value creation plan to stave off Xerox takeover bid
HP announces three-year financial value creation plan to stave off Xerox takeover bid

The company plans to return approximately $16 billion to shareholders over the next three years

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  • 25 February 2020
HP adopts shareholder rights 'poison pill' to prevent Xerox takeover
HP adopts shareholder rights 'poison pill' to prevent Xerox takeover

The plan will expire in one year

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  • 21 February 2020
Dell sells RSA to Symphony Technology Group for over $2 billion
Dell sells RSA to Symphony Technology Group for over $2 billion

The company says it has been working to simplify its business and product portfolio for the past three years

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  • 19 February 2020
Xerox increases offer for HP to $36.5bn
Xerox increases offer for HP to $36.5bn

HP's largest stockholders want better returns for their investment, Xerox argues

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  • 11 February 2020
New York Stock Exchange owner reportedly makes an offer to acquire eBay
New York Stock Exchange owner reportedly makes an offer to acquire eBay

Intercontinental Exchange reported offer could value eBay at as much as $30bn - but will offload the classifieds business

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 05 February 2020
Takeaway acquires Just Eat for $7.8 billion
Takeaway acquires Just Eat for $7.8 billion

The deal is under review by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 03 February 2020
Xerox moves to overthrow HP's board by nominating 11 new directors
Xerox moves to overthrow HP's board by nominating 11 new directors

Xerox's latest move in the battle to acquire HP - or to engineer an HP takeover of Xerox

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 24 January 2020
Insurer Coalition buys BinaryEdge security search engine to scan policyholders
Insurer Coalition buys BinaryEdge security search engine to scan policyholders

BinaryEdge acquisition comes as insurers start hiking rates in response to spike in ransomware attacks

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 23 January 2020
VMware to acquire AI-based network analytics firm Nyansa
VMware to acquire AI-based network analytics firm Nyansa

VMware wants to add Nyansa's AI and machine learning capabilities to its security and network portfolio

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • 22 January 2020
Private equity firm Insight Partners to acquire Veeam for $5 billion
Private equity firm Insight Partners to acquire Veeam for $5 billion

Veeam deal is expected to be closed in March 2020 and will take the company's HQ from Switzerland to the US

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  • 10 January 2020
HP tells Xerox its $24bn funding is irrelevant - its offer still 'significantly undervalues HP'
HP tells Xerox its $24bn funding is irrelevant - its offer still 'significantly undervalues HP'

HP Inc CEO Enrique Lores returns fire against Xerox's John Visentin

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  • 09 January 2020
Google's proposed acquisition of Looker invites probe from UK's competition watchdog
Google's proposed acquisition of Looker invites probe from UK's competition watchdog

The CMA is inviting comments from interested parties on the merger by 20th December

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