Acquisition stories - Page 185

'Standout' growth across digital, Microsoft Dynamics and data insights, have bolstered Empired's revenue but not spared the company from a net loss.

More than two years after its acquisition by Facebook, WhatsApp has seemingly succumbed to the inevitable pressure from its parent company.

The company says its new solid state drives are a cost-effective replacement for traditional hard disk drives.

Allied Market Research has predicted that the global active optical cable market will experience rapid growth, hitting $3.48 billion by 2022.

Megaport's revenue up by 80% this year, with majority generated in Asia-Pacific units, says CEO Denver Maddux.

Top IT firms in APeJ grapple with market shrinkage and stiffer competition, as sector faces 2.1% slump amid economic shifts.

Whānau Tahi is strengthening its IT play, confirming its acquisition of health IT specialist firm SimplHealth.

Dicker Data is continuing its growth trajectory, with revenue and profit both up for the first half of 2016 with growth across old and new vendors.

Deloitte Consulting named partner of the year by Nimble Storage at ANZ partner conference. Other winners announced.

Vocus profits have soared 461% on the back of its merger with M2 Group earlier this year, in what the company says has been a ‘transformational year’.

Vocus has seen Kiwi revenue increase 187% following its merger with M2, which included the CallPlus businesses.

Accenture has acquired Australian cloud consulting and security provider Redcore to expand its cybersecurity offerings in the Asia-Pacific region.

After acquiring Motorola and IBM’s System x server business, Lenovo’s fiscal 1Q17/calendar 2Q16 earnings revealed lingering growing pains.

Data#3's profits soar by 30.4%, poised to hit a £1bn revenue as it pivots towards service-centric IT solutions amidst a tech evolution.

As Cisco transitions the business model, the savings from global headcount reductions will be invested to further expand software and services.

2degrees remains tight-lipped on speculation about a possible AUD $900 million acquisition by Australian telco TPG, quelling merger rumours.

Vendors are looking at new technologies to drive long-term growth, including hyperconverged platforms, SDN and hybrid cloud solutions.

A push into enterprise managed services and demand for digital transformation are propelling Intergen to new growth.

Dick Smith Electronics' failure has had a golden lining for JB Hi-Fi, which has seen its profit and sales climb since DSE's exit from the market.

Blue Reach, Freeview, InternetNZ, Spark, Trustpower, TUANZ, TVNZ and 2degrees all have serious concerns about the Sky-Vodafone merger.