Acquisition Stories - Page 161

Kiwi Stories

Acquisition stories

Rabid Technologies rebrands to Ackama as Australia beckons

Rabid Technologies rebrands to Ackama, expanding its presence to Australia with acquisitions of Squareweave and Plot Digital to enhance digital consulting.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 12th Sep 2018

Blockchain

Singapore startup uses blockchain to balance market research with user data

Not only will it allow businesses to gain access to market research data, but it will allow consumers to retain ownership of their data and its value.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 4th Sep 2018

Global Stories

Acquisition stories

Hyperscale

Equinix beware: Digital Realty throws down gauntlet with new $1.8b acquisition

Digital Realty challenges Equinix with a USD $1.8 billion acquisition of Brazil's Ascenty, aiming to dominate in South America's colocation market.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 24th Sep 2018

Data Analytics

Adobe's purchase of Marketo becomes talking point for marketing cloud integration

Adobe's US$4.75bn acquisition of Marketo aims to bolster Adobe Experience Cloud, integrating B2B marketing capabilities for enhanced customer engagement.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Sep 2018

Storage

Lexar's back in business following Longsys acquisition

Following its acquisition by Longsys, Lexar is set to resume global shipments and re-enter the high-performance removable storage market.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Thu, 20th Sep 2018

Virtualisation

NETSCOUT sells off handheld network testing portfolio

NETSCOUT divests its handheld network testing tools to StoneCalibre, which will spin off the portfolio, including key products, as a standalone company.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Sep 2018

Public Cloud

Orange reveals goal to become global player in multi-cloud services

Fresh off its acquisition of Basefarm, the France-based integrated comms provider is looking to make waves around the world in multi-cloud services.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 19th Sep 2018

Marketing Technologies

Zebra Technologies adds Xplore's rugged computing devices to growing portfolio

Zebra Technologies expands its portfolio in the ANZ market by acquiring Xplore Technologies, enhancing its rugged computing offerings for various industries.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 18th Sep 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Interxion rolling out the big bucks to keep up with demand

The company has increased its 2018 CAPEX guide range to €425m-€450m to cater for several data centre expansions.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Sep 2018

Disaster Recovery

A three-step guide to achieving IT resilience

Ensuring that the IT infrastructure is resilient is critical for business success and completion of transformation and modernisation projects.

By Sean Abbott • 5 min read • Fri, 14th Sep 2018

Partner Programmes

Bitdefender invests in APAC with acquisition of SMS eTech business line

From its base in Melbourne, the new Bitdefender Australia office will retain all current employees of SMS eTech working on the Bitdefender business line.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 13th Sep 2018

Customer Relationship Management

Twilio acquires contact centre software company Ytica to push workforce optimisation

Cloud communication platform Twilio now has another notch under its belt, after the successful acquisition of contact centre software company Ytica.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Wed, 12th Sep 2018

Unified Communications

Meeting Solutions Magic Quad - The Leaders' pros and cons

LogMeIn, Zoom, Microsoft and Cisco are 'Leaders' in the Gartner Meeting Solutions Magic Quadrant. We look at the strengths and cautions for each.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 10th Sep 2018

Microsoft

Microsoft licenses proprietary DXC module for Dynamics

DXC Technology's Enterprise Credit Management module has been licensed for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Kaseya expands IT assessment and compliance software portfolio

Kaseya recently announced the acquisition of RapidFire Tools, expanding their IT assessment and compliance software portfolio.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018

Phishing

Proofpoint launches email analysis and phishing remediation solution

Proofpoint debuts CLEAR solution to swiftly analyse and remediate phishing emails, leveraging Wombat Security's expertise to enhance threat response times.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Sep 2018