Archive for the ‘Mergers and Acquisitions’ Category

ViaWest acquires INetU; doubles down on managed services, security, compliance

November 16, 2015
Philbert Shih

ViaWest agreed to acquire Philadelphia-area managed hoster INetU. ...

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Equinix, Telecity acquisition cleared by EU Commission; divests DC assets

November 16, 2015
Jabez Tan

The European Commission granted Phase 1 clearance for the proposed acquisition of Telecity Group by ...

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Zayo Group to acquire pan-European Viatel data centre, network assets

November 12, 2015
Philbert Shih

Zayo Group entered an agreement that will see it acquire pan-European data centre and network asset...

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Docker acquires Tutum; enhancing portability and management

November 11, 2015
Philbert Shih

Docker acquired Tutum, a platform that allows containerized applications to be managed and deployed...

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Interoute completes acquisition of Easynet

November 10, 2015
Philbert Shih

Following clearance by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Interoute completed its acqui...

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Verizon exploring sale of enterprise, infrastructure services arms

November 9, 2015
Philbert Shih

Media reports indicate Verizon has hired CitiGroup to explore the possibility of divesting certain e...

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Endurance International acquires Constant Contact; SaaS provides two rationales in one

November 7, 2015
Philbert Shih

Endurance International acquired email marketing firm and existing partner Constant Contact. EIG wi...

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EMC and VMware spin out Virtustream; touch all points of the value chain

November 5, 2015
Philbert Shih

The Dell-EMC merger was followed by the creation of a spin-off arm that will focus on cloud infrast...

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Armor added Vatsal Sonecha to leadership team

November 5, 2015
Philbert Shih

Managed security firm and cloud provider Armor, formerly FireHost, has added Vatsal Sonecha to its ...

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Akamai acquired Bloxx

November 5, 2015
Philbert Shih

Akamai, as part of its ongoing effort to expand its security services in 2016, acquired Bloxx, a m...

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Equinix acquires equity stake in Bit-Isle

November 5, 2015
Philbert Shih

Equinix completed the acquisition of a 97% equity stake in Japan’s Bit-Isle and expects to acquire...

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Nasstar acquires DaaS provider VESK; releases 1H15 results

November 4, 2015
Sacha Kavanagh

UK hosted, managed and cloud service provider Nasstar plc paid £7.8m to acquire VESK Group, compris...

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