Deal Analysis

IBM takes out Storwize in primary storage optimization play

Big Blue is out to prove that less data is indeed more with the acquisition of compression appliance specialist Storwize. Will enhanced storage efficiency give IBM's storage line a competitive boost?

29 Jul 2010
Simon Robinson
Henry Baltazar

Deal Analysis

New day to dawn at Adobe as it acquires Web content management player Day Software

As the content creation tools giant builds out a customer experience management platform, one gaping hole has been obvious – the lack of its own WCM. With the purchase of Day, Adobe will fill that gap and gain a lot more open source expertise.

28 Jul 2010
China Martens
Matt Aslett

Deal Analysis

Parallax Capital buys out hosted PPM pioneer Daptiv

On-demand project management pioneer Daptiv – formerly known as eProject – has been acquired by PE firm Parallax Capital Partners, which hopes to guide the target through a transition that it never successfully made on its own.

28 Jul 2010
Dennis Callaghan
Brenon Daly

Sector IQ

Advanced traffic control lines up for a round of consolidation

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.

28 Jul 2010
Steve Steinke

Acquirer IQ

Is this the calm before the acquisition storm at BMC?

It's been more than eight months since the company's last deal. But with rival CA Technologies busily building out its cloud management offerings through M&A since then, a flurry of new acquisitions is likely in the works at BMC.

26 Jul 2010
Dennis Callaghan

M&A Insight

Symantec to talk shop – and shopping

Big Yellow inked an almost unprecedented number of acquisitions last quarter, including its largest deal in more than a half-decade. That's likely to come up as the company gets set to report its latest financial results to Wall Street.

28 Jul 2010
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

SonicWALL's big-ticket buyout

The LBO of the security vendor represents the largest straight take-private of a public tech company so far this year. That deal, along with a number of other PE purchases, has helped push spending by buyout shops dramatically above last year's level.

27 Jul 2010
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Tech M&A strikes back

After a dismal 2009 for tech M&A, 2010 is back with a vengeance. The year-to-date numbers are already higher than last year's totals, and acquisition activity doesn't appear to be slowing down.

26 Jul 2010
Jarrett Streebin

M&A Insight

What's up with the Bay Area?

Bay Area buyers have roared back to life in 2010. Compared to the same period a year ago, Bay Area buyers' deal volume has increased 46%, while at the national level M&A has risen only 21%.

23 Jul 2010
Ben Kolada