Acquisition stories - Page 196

Fusion5, recently crowned Customer Relationship Management Partner of the Year by Microsoft New Zealand, solidifies its position as a top CRM contender.

Shift to cloud creates massive opportunity for infrastructure and applications software vendors but requires transformed go-to-market strategies.

Brocade gears up for digital era with a $1.2bn acquisition of Wi-Fi leader Ruckus, aiming for top tech innovation platform.

Offering integrated cloud packages featuring your own services, is a fantastic opportunity for the channel says Trend Micro’s Indi Siriniwasa.

Suppliers of superior materials for 3D printing should focus on application-based products, as the market is set to reach $920.4bn by 2020.

Display supplier Daktronics has acquired digital signage, interactive and marketing solutions company Adflow Networks for an undisclosed sum.

IBM has announced it plans to acquire Bluewolf, with the aim of accelerating cloud-based customer experiences for Salesforce users.

As the world evolves, the workplace is becoming increasingly digital and collaboration is becoming an essential part of doing business.

The telecom infrastructure services market is on the decline across all geographies, except Asia Pacific, for the fourth quarter of 2015.

The industry will benefit – and customers will see better solutions – from increased sharing of security information and data analytics.

The Commerce Commission has given the all-clear for Spark to acquire the management rights to 70MHz of radio spectrum.

Southeast Asia is ripe for the emergence of green data centers, as data center operators seek energy efficient IT infrastructures.

Dell is selling its IT services arm, Dell Services, to Japan’s NTT Data, in a US$3.05 billion deal, freeing up cash for its EMC acquisition.

TPG has seen revenue and profit soar following its acquisition of iiNet, recording an 84% increase in revenue and a 90% revenue increase.

Cogent has acquired professional services company Network Pro, for an undisclosed sum in a deal aimed at adding managed services depth and scale.

The Australian MDM market is offering growth and 'significant' opportunities for the channel, while there could be a shakeup ahead for the EMM market.

Honeywell completes acquisition of Movilizer, a cloud platform for field service applications. Details undisclosed.

Blue Coat Systems has been recognised by Frost - Sullivan for its dominance in the global network security forensics market.

Microsoft's recently announced Dynamics AX is an enterprise-class business application architected to take full advantage of the cloud's resources.

ngram Micro has acquired US-based NETXUSA, a unified communications value-added distributor focused on VOIP and IP phones for telco resellers.