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Acquisitions
Capita acquires security testing firm Westpoint
Westpoint works in sectors including finance, media, telecommunications, retail and utilities
ECS acquires DevOps firm Forest Technologies
Deal extends ECS' digital transformation offering to leading companies
Microsoft adds bot to Office 365 with Genee acquisition
Redmond brings scheduling artificial intelligence to its cloud productivity suite
US firm Datapipe acquires UK cloud provider Adapt
Deal 'demonstrates UK will still be leading light in Europe for US firms post Brexit'
UK’s BullGuard acquires Israeli-based IoT security startup
BullGuard buys into Internet of Things security space with smart home device acquisition
Salesforce acquires cloud analytics startup BeyondCore
BeyondCore will bolster Salesforce.com’s cloud analytics capabilities
Nasstar moves into new cloud markets with Modrus buy
Company raises £13.3m to finance acquisition that will add 140 managed service clients to portfolio
Investcorp plans European security push with Nebulas buy
Investcorp conducted the IPO of Sophos Group on the London Stock Exchange
HPE acquires SGI for £212m to grow HPC and analytics
Big data analytics and high performance computing purchase looks to strengthen HPE’s market position
Ingram’s Chinese takeover is put back reveals distie
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will have the final say
Intel acquires artificial intelligence startup Nervana
Nervana’s hardware-centric machine learning offering could boost neural network performance on Intel chips
ScanSource boosts cloud offering with $84m Intelisys buy
The good expansion news from the global distributor has come with a sales warning though
Ideagen acquires Covalent to expand cloud offering
Heineken, Emirates, Boeing and PwC services supplier completes £3.6m takeover of Taunton firm
SCC HR and payroll division acquires Pyramid to grow
SCS had previously delivered its services around the legacy and third party Unipay system
Equiniti buys Toplevel to boost digital transformation offer
Ofsted, Heritage Lottery Fund and Legal Aid Agency added to Equiniti's roster
Oracle plans business separation after $9.3bn NetSuite buy
In one of Oracle’s largest ever acquisitions, it will position NetSuite in a 'complementary' role
LogMeIn and Citrix GoTo unit merge in £1.4 billion deal
LogMeIn and Citrix GoTo division announce “transformative merger”
Civica acquires SFW to aid digital transformation offering
SFW has an Indian development centre that provides 'cost-effective' application development, support and testing services
Claranet ups ante in acquisition game with Ardenta buy
Second acquisition in a month for pan-European managed service provider
Britain’s ARM is grabbed by Softbank for £24bn
Softbank promises to keep ARM’s headquarters in Cambridge and double its headcount in the UK
Ethical hacking team acquired by UKFast CEO Jones
Jones' Secarma buys Pentest for around £10m to add US-facing security team to hosting and cloud services
Claranet plays French tune with Diademys acquisition
MSP expands French hosting and cloud footprint as it continues to grow by acquisition
Contact solutions firm Sabio gets big Lyceum venture cash
Venture fund wants to double the size of the Avaya partner through acquisitions and organic growth
Mitel fails to take over Polycom after VC steps in
Video conferencing and unified communications player loses out after an extra $40m is bid
Czech Mate: Avast buys AVG for £1bn to widen services
Avast gets access to 400m PCs, smartphones, tablets and connected IoT devices
Brexit is positive says acquired cloud data centre owner
French investor ploughs cash into NGD's Welsh cloud data centre - Europe's biggest
Elitetele.com acquires NetCentrix and SystemHOST
Elite's eleventh acquisition since 2008 to widen its cloud service offering to customers
Novosco acquires NetDef to boost cloud security presence
NetDef counts a number of police forces, NHS trusts and financial services organisations amongst its client-base, in addition to two Premier League football clubs
K3 acquires Merac to enhance leisure PoS offering
Stonehenge, Longleat Safari Park, Castle Howard, Adventure Island and Crealy Great Adventure Parks use Merac
