Google's recent acquisition of Jambool may cause other vendors to reexamine their own infrastructure. We expect to see a series of deals in the subscription management arena as players open their wallets to bring more expertise in-house.
The transformation of European trading prompted by the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive has increased not only volumes and liquidity, but also competition. Who will be left standing when the new execution venues have slugged it out?
With numerous acquisitions in 2010 driven by mobile security, we discuss the deal drivers, potential targets and likely buyers for future M&A in the space.
The adoption of fiber channel over Ethernet has so far been muted, though there are expectations that sales could heat up shortly. Will the rise of FCoE-related sales lead to future acquisitions?
The intelligent access connector is little known outside of the network operations center. Although it's becoming increasingly important as new management and security tools must be connected, there's an oversupply that could result in consolidation.
The mobile advertising space is heating up as companies acquire the tools necessary for location-based advertising. We detail the most relevant deals, and discuss who the next targets and who the next acquirers will be.
When Cadence bought Denali Software in May, Synopsys followed a month later by buying Virage Logic. The two similarly priced deals mark an increasing interest in semiconductor IP from the EDA tools vendors.
Virtualization security has been a slow burner for years. The rise of desktop virtualization has proven a boon to the survivors in the space, but can the broader impact of the technology make for an active M&A market?
The analysis of latency in financial transactions is more than a niche activity, but is still far from mainstream. Perhaps the time is right for M&A to combine these specialist capabilities with network and application monitoring.
We haven't seen a WCM-related deal since Open Text picked up Vignette in May 2009, yet there are still a number of independents in this space. Is no one shopping?
Cloud storage adoption by enterprises remains somewhat muted. A new group of startups offering on-ramps to cloud storage is looking to change that. If they gain traction, they could become pivotal links in the chain, as well as M&A targets.
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