Staff headcount globally now almost 100,000 after a string of acquisitions
Acquisitions
Symantec shifts to security appliances with Blue Coat buy
$4.65bn deal also sees Blue Coat's main man take charge of struggling Symantec as it looks to new markets
Pinnacle sells CDT business to Chess for £2.8m
Restructuring company now promises to go on the acquisition path as it disposes of its last loss-making subsidiary
After failed O2-Three merger, what next for the market?
Virgin Media and O2 could merge, Three might buy TalkTalk and businesses might get cheaper prices but worse networks
Falanx Group acquires Advanced Security Consulting
Takes on a very well connected cyber chief into the bargain
Pinnacle sells RMS security firm for just £1
Continues on path to become an 'as a service' company
Bond lets loose Strictly Education for £11.3m
Sold to new private equity-backed Education Services Solutions
Civica acquires IPL to boost digital transformation offering
IPL has a host of existing high profile clients across the public and private sector
Oracle builds cloud sales with $532m Opower acquisition
Power: Oracle widens its big data in the cloud offering
Nokia returns to mobile device market with Withings acquisition
£131m acquisition of French digital health specialist sees Nokia back in the devices game
Civica acquires legal IT services firm Norwel Computer Services
Norwel has a 40-year history and over 60 companies across various sectors
Lexmark taken over by the Chinese in £2.5bn deal
Lexmark finds a buyer as it continues to move away from printers and more into software
Mitel acquires Polycom for $2bn to better serve comms market
It's magic: Mitel creates $2.5bn turnover company with almost 8,000 employees as it also reduces debt
Six Degrees Group acquires Carrenza to boost cloud offering
Expands cloud customer base in enterprise, government and the third sector at a stroke
Maintel snaps up loss-making Azzurri for £48.5m
A 'canny' deal that takes out a competitor and expands Maintel's cloud and mobile services offering
BSI acquires Espion to bolster governance professional services
Espion serves clients across the UK and Europe
Kelway re-brands as CDW following acquisition
Move follows acquisition by US company last year
Brighter Connections acquires Samarind Networks
Group now targets further acquisitions in the Midlands and the South
Brocade to acquire Ruckus Wireless for $1.2bn
Enterprise networking firm gets expected service provider boost
UK’s ‘oldest IT spares firm’ acquired by EET Europarts
EET establishes first UK warehouse as part of the deal after previously shipping from Denmark
Sainsbury’s wins battle to buy Argos for £1.4bn
Homeware and electricals firm under supermarket chain's wing, with stores now expected to close
Foxconn finally agrees Sharp takeover
£2.4bn deal comes in far lower than original agreement following several wrangles
NTT Data acquires Dell Services to further expand footprint
NTT looks to expand IT services capabilities, Dell raises cash for EMC acquisition
Micro Focus makes big DevOps play with $540m Serena acquisition
Enterprise customers looking to develop applications and services faster, with greater accuracy and business agility
IBM acquires UK’s Optevia to boost cloud CRM consultancy
Optevia has a string of big public sector clients
Dell warns of PC business decline ahead of EMC acquisition
The company’s annual revenues fell six percent in the last fiscal year as it prepares for its record-breaking acquisition
Pinnacle continues restructure with asset buys and sales
Completes three transactions in attempt to increase profitability
Shift F7 Group acquires Greencorn and moves in
Two Dorking IT services firms merge into one
CACI buys Purple Secure Systems to bolster cybersecurity effort
Government and defence IT solutions provider joins US global group
Glass ceiling for women fails to break for top execs at combined Dell/EMC
Only one woman makes the grade and she's no longer the top marketing executive after losing out to EMC rival
