Acquisition stories - Page 145

Kiwi ERP provider Greentree has been snapped up by MYOB, as the business management vendor seeks to drive into larger enterprises.

Oracle is spending $9.3 billion to acquire 'complementary' cloud provider NetSuite, with the transaction expected to close as early as this year.

Global information and technology services firm IMS Health as selected Cloudera to support its Big Data Factory for life sciences and healthcare.

BizTech Enterprise Solutions hailed as Adobe's top ANZ Digital Marketing Partner of 2016, outshining Deloitte Digital.

Ericsson's CEO Hans Vestberg resigns amidst financial turmoil and corruption probes, casting doubt on the future of its premium branding.

Verizon's bold £3.5bn Yahoo buyout to reshape the global digital and mobile landscape, with over a billion users set to be united.

The cybersecurity implications of RegTech and data analytics are just as important as the technology itself, Palo Alto Networks warns.

Tianjin Tianhai's US$6 billion acquisition of Ingram Micro has hit a speed bump, with Shanghai Stock Exchange asking for more information on the deal.

EMC have announced that its shareholders have approved the Dell merger agreement with 98% of voters in favour.

Gamefroot is revolutionizing game design and education with its easy-to-use platform for creating HTML5 games.

The Softbank acquisition of ARM Holdings and the Unilever acquisition of Dollar Shave Club signify prospective acquirers buying into disruption.

Symantec's Blue Coat acquisition opens new doors for partners says Symantec's global channel boss, who is promising predictability and profitability.

Information technology and operational technology need to converge to improve information security for the future, an ISACA and ISA joint study finds.

Carbon Black's acquisition of nextgen antivirus company Confer opens up big opportunities for the local channel says local boss Kane Lightowler.

Carbon Black has bulked up its endpoint security with the acquisition of next gen antivirus company Confer, driving nextgen security into new markets.

Deloitte has acquired boutique integration specialist Sixtree to form a new platform engineering unit across Australia and New Zealand.

Fusion5 has snapped up BPR Solutions creating what the business applications company says is Australasia's largest NetSuite practice.

I thought it may be useful to give you an update on where we are at with the wider education portfolio, including digital infrastructure.

Amazon Web Services has purchased Cloud9, a cloud-based coding platform that allows collaboration and integrated development environments.

The cloud storage industry approaches availability from the inside out, but factors that are out of our control may pose even greater problems.