MongoDB acquires Voyage AI

Feb 24, 2025: NoSQL database vendor MongoDB has purchased mannequin maker Voyage AI to assist enterprises construct AI purposes freed from hallucination. It‘s relying on Voyage AI’s expertise with retrieval-augmented era (RAG) to tug the correct solutions out of its knowledge retailer.

SolarWinds to vary palms for $4.4 billion

Feb 7, 2025: SolarWinds, the ITSM (IT service administration) and SIEM (safety data and occasion administration) software program vendor finest generally known as the goal of one of many greatest ever software program provide chain assaults, has agreed to be acquired by a brand new personal fairness proprietor, Flip/River Capital, for $4.4 billion. The corporate’s two largest shareholders, personal fairness corporations Thoma Bravo and Silver Lake, purchased into the corporate in 2015 in a deal that valued it then at $4.5 billion.

Databricks acquires BladeBridge

Feb 5, 2025: Databricks has a brand new instrument to assist enterprises transfer from rival knowledge warehouses to its personal: knowledge platform modernization software program supplier BladeBridge, which it has acquired for an undisclosed sum. The deal might assist it poach prospects of Teradata, Snowflake, Amazon Redshift or Microsoft SQL Server.

Sophos completes buy of Secureworks

Feb 3, 2025: Now that its $859-million acquisition of Secureworks has closed, Sophos will be capable of fold the corporate’s XDR (Prolonged Detection and Response) merchandise into its personal portfolio, making it one of many world’s largest suppliers of MDR (managed detection and response) providers.

Lenovo buys Infinidat to develop storage portfolio

Jan 17, 2025: Enterprise storage firm Infinidat will quickly be a part of Lenovo. The corporate’s merchandise embody InfiniBox for unifying knowledge protocols and InfiniGuard for knowledge safety. Lenovo didn’t say how a lot it has paid for Infinidat, bur experiences worth the corporate at as a lot as $1.6 billion.

Crimson Hat completes Neural Magic acquisition

Jan 13, 2025: Neural Magic was spun out of MIT in 2018. It presents software program and algorithms that speed up generative AI inference workloads. Crimson Hat first introduced its intent to accumulate the corporate on Nov. 12, 2024. 

M&A offers, 2024

December 2024

Cisco buys SnapAttack — Risk detection startup SnapAttack is now a part of Cisco, becoming a member of the safety enterprise it’s constructing round its acquisition of Splunk final yr.

Cohesity closes acquisition of Veritas — Knowledge safety software program vendor Cohesity has lastly closed its acquisition of Veritas, vendor of NetBackup, making it one of many largest enterprise knowledge safety distributors. The deal was first struck in February.

September 2024

SAP closes $1.5 billion WalkMe acquisition — SAP has closed its deal to purchase WalkMe, a developer of digital adoption software program. SAP paid a forty five% premium for the Israeli software program firm, highlighting the significance to the ERP vendor of serving to prospects get worth for cash from their enterprise purposes.

MariaDB joins K1 — MariaDB, the corporate that provides enterprise upkeep and internet hosting providers across the open-source MariaDB database, has been taken personal by K1 Funding Administration. K1’s first transfer as new proprietor was to nominate a brand new CEO, Rohit de Souza, who has a background in making ready companies for resale.

Microsoft acquired Inflection, says UK regulator — When Microsoft employed away key employees from tiny AI startup Inflection in March it didn’t describe the deal as a merger. However it was — a minimum of in keeping with the UK’s Competitors and Markets Authority, the nation’s antitrust regulator. Nonetheless, the CMA waved the Microsoft-Inflection deal by as no risk to competitors.

Salesforce needs to personal Personal Firm — Having failed to accumulate knowledge administration specialist Informatica earlier this yr, Salesforce has as a substitute turned its consideration to Personal Firm. It has agreed to purchase the information safety and knowledge administration options vendor for $1.9 billion to enhance its current in-house backup and knowledge masking choices.

August 2024

AMD buys ZT programs to assist with AI infrastructure — AMD is buying ZT Techniques, a vendor of high-performance knowledge middle programs, to beef up its experience in delivering programs tailored for AI workloads. Nevertheless, AMD plans to promote ZT’s manufacturing operations, retaining solely the design capabilities, to keep away from competing with its personal prospects.

Salesforce to accumulate PredictSpring — PredictSpring, a developer of software program for point-of-sale programs, is Salesforce’s newest acquisition goal. It plans to fold the corporate’s programs into its Buyer 360 providing to make it simpler for retailers to work together with prospects from wherever of their retailer.

HPE buys Morpheus Knowledge — HPE has added the multicloud and hybrid IT administration capabilities of Morpheus Knowledge to its GreenLake cloud platform.

July 2024

AMD to purchase Silo AI — AMD purchased Silo AI, Europe’s largest personal AI lab. The deal will transfer it nearer to its aim of constructing a full stack of AI options, from software program to chips, to raised compete with Nvidia, which already has its personal stack.

Accenture buys customized chip firm — With demand for power- and performance-optimized compute rising, Accenture has purchased semiconductor design firm Excelmax to supply its shoppers customized chips for knowledge middle, edge computing, and AI purposes.

June 2024

Google buys Cameyo to place Home windows apps on Chromebooks — Digital software supply specialist Cameyo is now a part of Google. The acquisition will make it easier for Chromebook house owners to run legacy Home windows purposes with out having to fret about complicated set up processes, the businesses stated.

Databricks to purchase Tabular — Who’s essentially the most interoperable of all of them? That’s the query Databricks and Snowflake have been asking each other — and now Databricks thinks it has the final phrase on interoperability with storage platform vendor Tabular, which it agreed to accumulate. Tabular was based by the creators of Apache Iceberg, the open-source desk format on the coronary heart of Snowflake’s interoperability technique.

Epicor buys PIM vendor Kyklo — Epicor is rising its product catalog with the acquisition of Kyklo, a developer of PIM software program for producers and distributors. It plans to combine it with its Epicor Commerce providing.

Rockset set to turn into a part of OpenAI — ChatGPT wowed its early customers, however they quickly grew to become annoyed with its ignorance of something after September 2021. OpenAI has skilled newer variations on extra up-to-date data, however its aim has been to offer real-time entry to data. With its acquisition of Rockset, OpenAI will be capable of ship that entry sooner than ever.

Could 2024

QRadar safety tech adjustments palms — IBM has offered its QRadar safety intelligence platform to Palo Alto Networks. The deal received’t depart IBM’s prospects flying blind, although: The 2 corporations additionally introduced a partnership encompassing integrations between IBM’s knowledge platform and Palo Alto’s safety intelligence and analytics administration (SIAM) system, and can construct extra Palo Alto applied sciences into its programs.

Snowflake agrees to purchase TruEra — With its acquisition of TruEra, Snowflake hopes to ship higher monitoring and analysis of purposes constructed on massive language fashions (LLMs), enhancing the AI governance functionalities of its knowledge platform.

Docusign pays $165 million for Lexion — Docusign has added Lexion’s AI-powered settlement administration instrument to its portfolio, because it continues its reinvention past digital doc signing. Docusign virtually grew to become an acquisition goal itself in early February, however known as off negotiations with potential acquirers Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman after a failure to agree on value. The subsequent day, it introduced 400 layoffs.

EQT buys WSO2 — Open supply API administration, integration, and id administration supplier WSO2 is now owned by large funding fund supervisor EQT, which already manages stakes in Linux specialist Suse, safe entry service edge (SASE) platform vendor Open Techniques, and mid-market ERP agency Acumatica.

April 2024

DataStax buys Logspace, creator of Langflow — DataStax is buying Logspace, the developer of a instrument for accelerating the event of gen AI software workflows. That instrument, Langflow, is especially helpful for constructing purposes utilizing retrieval-augmented era (RAG), which many enterprises are turning to as a way to enhance accuracy and reliability.

Thoma Bravo agrees to pay $5.3 billion for Darktrace — Darktrace, a British vendor of AI-powered cybersecurity instruments, has agreed to hitch Thoma Bravo’s portfolio in a $5.3 billion deal. The funding agency has reportedly been courting Darktrace since 2022. It additionally owns stakes in LogRhythm, PingIdntity, Proofpoint and Sophos, amongst different cybersecurity distributors.

Nvidia to purchase Run:ai for orchestration software program layer — Nvidia plans to accumulate IsraelI orchestration software program vendor Run:ai for a reported $700 million to simplify AI workload administration throughout totally different platforms. Specialists stated the deal might assist bolster Nvidia’s already robust place within the generative AI infrastructure market.

Presidio adjustments palms once more, in personal fairness deal — Software program providers and options supplier Presidio is headed to a special proprietor, personal fairness agency Clayton Dubilier & Rice, ending the corporate’s relationship with BC Companions. The latter initially took Presidio personal in 2019 in a $2.1 billion deal, whereas the previous is outwardly trying so as to add to its IT-related holdings, which embody cloud knowledge specialist Cloudera and ERP vendor Epicor.

March 2024 

Jama Software program purchased out by personal fairness’s Francisco Companions — In a $1.2 billion deal, software program growth tooling agency Jama Software program is headed to Francisco Companions’ personal fairness portfolio. The corporate’s shoppers — together with SpaceX, Qualcomm and NASA — use Jama for important growth duties like testing administration, threat detection, necessities administration and traceability.

IBM buys Pliant for community automation — IBM received’t say how a lot it payed to purchase IT automation supplier Pliant. It did reveal, although, that its plans for Pliant embody making it simpler for patrons to handle their networking and cloud infrastructure, alongside current IBM merchandise reminiscent of SevOn, Cloud Pak, and NS1 Join.

Everbridge picked up by personal fairness large Thoma Bravo — Thoma Bravo’s bid for important occasion administration software program supplier Everbridge, initially introduced in February, rose to $1.8 billion earlier than closing at first of March. Everbridge’s expertise is finest recognized for its mass communication options enabling organizations to shortly unfold the phrase in case of great occasions like pure disasters or violent assaults.

Cisco finalizes huge Splunk acquisition — Cisco’s $28 billion acquisition of machine knowledge consultants Splunk lastly handed regulatory muster within the US and EU and closed on March 18. The networking large payments the acquisition as a technique to join extra folks, purposes and gadgets to enterprise knowledge shops, whereas concurrently providing improved safety.

Perforce absorbs knowledge virtualization and testing agency Delphix — Perforce, a supplier of enterprise developer software program, has acquired knowledge virtualization and masking expertise supplier Delphix for an undisclosed sum. Analysts stated that the transfer is a part of Perforce’s makes an attempt to create a extra built-in, end-to-end developer platform for DevOps groups, because of Delphix’s potential to make testing simpler by virtualization and masking out personally identifiable data utilized by purposes. 

February 2024 

KKR nabs ex-VMware divisions from Broadcom in $4 billion deal — Non-public fairness agency KKR acquired Broadcom’s Finish-Consumer Computing Division (which is made up of former VMware enterprise items) for $4 billion in a deal introduced on the finish of the month. Flagship merchandise which were acquired by KKR embody desktop and software virtualization resolution Horizon, in addition to unified endpoint administration platform Workspace ONE.

FTC continues rearguard motion in opposition to Microsoft’s $68.7 billion bid for Activision Blizzard  — The US Federal Commerce Fee continues to be attempting to reverse Microsoft’s acquisition of video games developer Activision Blizzard, which Microsoft introduced it had closed in October. On Dec. 6, the FTC requested an appeals courtroom in California to overturn a decrease courtroom resolution permitting the deal to go forward, and on Feb. 7 wrote to the courtroom protesting that Microsoft had began shedding employees on the newly acquired division on Jan. 25, contradicting statements the corporate had made to the courtroom.  

Activision Blizzard’s apps should not sometimes approved on enterprise networks, however when the deal was first introduced, it appeared there was an opportunity its expertise for creating and animating digital worlds might make it into the office. Again then, Microsoft stated the acquisition would give it the constructing blocks for the metaverse. Nevertheless, since then Microsoft has laid off 100 employees in its industrial metaverse unit, primarily closing it down. 

January 2024 

Accenture nabs Navisite in newest 2024 acquisition  — Navisite, the Massachusetts-based digital transformation providers supplier, was snapped up for an undisclosed value by Accenture as a part of the skilled providers firm’s transfer to assist its shoppers get able to undertake generative AI. A complete of 1,500 employees from Navisite will be a part of Accenture’s infrastructure engineering observe, amongst them 400 cloud engineers with deep expertise throughout cloud suppliers and enterprise applied sciences. 

InSemi to turn into a part of Infosys in semiconductor deal  — IT providers consulting agency Infosys introduced plans in early January to purchase InSemi, a semiconductor and embedded providers design firm, for an undisclosed quantity. Infosys expects InSemi’s experience will allow it to offer stronger AI and engineering R&D choices to its prospects, given the centrality of silicon to new applied sciences together with AI, 5G, and quantum computing. 

IBM to purchase extra mainframe experience from Superior  — IBM is shopping for mainframe software and knowledge modernization property from Superior, a UK firm that boasts intensive expertise in mainframe technique. IBM will fold the crew into its consulting enterprise. Mainframes are nonetheless surprisingly widespread, and plenty of corporations — together with among the largest banks on this planet — are depending on them for core transaction processing features. Phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.  

M&A offers, 2023

December 2023 

Alteryx agrees to be purchased by two funding funds  — Analytics cloud platform Alteryx goes personal. It has agreed to be acquired by Clearlake Capital and Perception Companions in a deal valued at $4.4 billion. Alteryx CEO Mark Anderson stated the deal will present the corporate with elevated working capital and entry to business experience to develop. Clearlake already owns stakes in quite a few enterprise expertise corporations, together with Kofax, Metricstream, Perforce, and Exactly. Perception’s portfolio contains Augury, Camunda, Docker, and Veeam. 

Silver Lake sells elements of Software program AG to IBM — IBM has agreed to purchase the StreamSets and webMethods integration-platform-as-a-service enterprise expertise platforms from Software program AG for $2.13 billion. It’s an odd transfer for Software program AG — its CEO lately put the “tremendous iPaaS” on the very coronary heart of his technique — however nice information for shareholder Silver Lake, which purchased a majority stake in July in a deal valuing the entire firm at $2.4 billion. The sale will depart Software program AG with 4 primary product strains: Aris for enterprise course of mining; Alfabet for managing IT transformation; Cumulocity for IoT, and Adabas & Pure, its legacy mainframe modernization programming languages. For IBM, the thought seems to be to bolster its worth proposition for WatsonX AI, enabling the corporate to deploy it sooner in industries depending on large-scale multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud environments. 

Salesforce buys Spiff to spiff up compensation monitoring capabilities  — Salesforce has agreed to purchase Spiff, a developer of software program for monitoring gross sales commissions. It plans to combine it into its Gross sales cloud platform to reinforce its efficiency administration performance. The vast majority of Spiff’s prospects use Salesforce as their CRM, and its software program is offered by Salesforce’s AppExchange.  

ServiceNow expands course of mining with Final acquisition  — ServiceNow has purchased one other firm — and regardless of its identify, it absolutely received’t be the final — to increase the method mining capabilities of its Now Platform. UltimateSuite’s process mining software program analyses keystrokes and mouse clicks to establish automation alternatives and streamline repetitive work. 

Adobe abandons Figma deal after operating into regulatory bother  — Adobe has given up on its plan to purchase Figma, one of many largest rivals to its on-line design instrument Artistic Cloud, after operating into resistance from competitors regulators. On Aug. 7 the European Fee known as in Adobe’s September 2022 settlement to purchase Figma for $20 billion for a full investigation, however it was Adobe’s refusal to adjust to cures required by the UK Competitors and Markets Authority that lastly killed the deal. Figma is extra typically seen within the artwork division than the IT division, however with Adobe additionally a giant participant in buyer knowledge platforms, CIOs can be relieved the corporate received’t be getting a fair larger maintain on their cloud software program spend. 

Cognizant buys Thirdera to spice up its ServiceNow capabilities  — IT outsourcer Cognizant has snapped up Thirdera, a ServiceNow companion primarily based in Colorado, and added virtually 1,000 workers to its workforce of virtually 350,000. Of specific curiosity was Thirdera’s in-house on-line coaching platform, Thirdera College, which Cognizant plans to make use of to coach up its personal employees. 

Inetum buys one other ServiceNow companion, Unifii  — There’s extra consolidation within the ServiceNow ecosystem: French IT providers firm Inetum has snapped up Unifii, a ServiceNow companion working within the UK and Eire, giving it a complete of round 500 ServiceNow consultants lively in Europe. 

Nintex buys Skuid so as to add low-code to its course of automation instrument  — Course of intelligence and automation specialist Nintex has agreed to purchase Skuid, developer of a low-code instrument utilized by 600 corporations to construct enterprise purposes. It plans to mix Skuid’s platform with its personal. 

Perception acquires Google Cloud companion SADA  — IT providers firm Perception Enterprises has expanded its multicloud capabilities with the acquisition of cloud guide SADA. The deal provides 850 Google Cloud consultants to Perception’s 14,000-strong workforce. Perception already works with Microsoft Azure and AWS. 

November 2023 

OpenText sells a part of its Micro Focus acquisition to Rocket Software program  — OpenText swallowed Micro Focus in a $5.8 billion deal that closed in January 2023 — however it couldn’t digest a giant chunk of it: the appliance modernization and connectivity (AMC) enterprise that accounted for 18% of Micro Focus income in 2022. Now it has handed the AMC enterprise on to Rocket Software program, a specialist in mainframe modernization, for $2.28 billion. Rocket has already made a few smaller acquisitions this yr, and in July misplaced a bidding struggle for Software program AG, which has a considerable software modernization portfolio of its personal. 

Broadcom closes VMware acquisition  — Broadcom secured the final remaining wanted for its $69 billion acquisition of VMware from Chinese language regulators, a month after its self-imposed deadline of Oct. 30, the tip of its fiscal yr. It celebrated by shedding 1200 VMware workers and ditching the corporate’s end-user computing and safety companies to deal with creating personal and hybrid cloud environments for big enterprises.  

Blackstone buys Civica for $2.5B  — Blackstone has acquired UK software program developer Civica from Companions Group for $2.5 billion. (Blackstone additionally owns CIO.com’s writer, Foundry.) Civica develops purposes for state and native governments together with analytics, workflow automation, and workforce and monetary administration. 

Mainline Data Techniques joins HIG  — Funding fund HIG Capital has picked up Tallahassee-based IT providers firm Mainline Data Techniques. The fund already holds stakes in dozens of different tech corporations, together with different IT providers specialists reminiscent of Boston-based ECI or Normal DataTech in Dallas, and ecosystem integration software program vendor Cleo. 

KPMG provides Salesforce experience in Europe  — KPMG is rising its enterprise software program footprint in France. It has acquired French Salesforce specialist iCom Cloud, including 100 consultants to its workforce. It has additionally simply closed its acquisition of Censio Karamba! with 200 SAP consultants, and final yr purchased SilverProd, a specialist in Microsoft Dynamics. 

Aptean buys one other transportation software program firm  — Aptean, a supplier of area of interest enterprise purposes for vertical markets, has added one other transportation administration software to its portfolio with the acquisition of UK-based 3T Logistics & Expertise Group.  

PagerDuty calls on Jeli for assist with incident-management  — Operations administration specialist PagerDuty is increasing its cloud-based providers with the acquisition of the Jeli.io platform. It plans to combine it with the remainder of the PagerDuty Operations Cloud to offer further evaluation and studying capabilities round incident administration.  

SAP provides LeanIX to its software program portfolio  — SAP has added enterprise structure administration specialist LeanIX to its software program steady. SAP is hoping that LeanIX’s AI-powered instrument may help prospects transfer off its legacy ERP system and onto S/4HANA within the cloud. Latest analysis by LeanIX confirmed that solely 12% of SAP prospects have accomplished their transfer to the cloud, eight years after S/4HANA was launched and simply 4 years earlier than SAP ends mainstream help for its predecessor, ECC6. 

Exterro buys Divebell for knowledge discovery  — Authorized governance, threat and compliance software program developer Exterro has acquired Divebell, supplier of an information discovery service. Exterro plans to mix its current providers with Divebell’s as a single platform. 

ISG buys Ventana Analysis  — Data Providers Group, a expertise advisory agency, has acquired Ventana Analysis and its database monitoring greater than 2,000 software program distributors. The businesses present instruments to assist CIOs consider software program and SaaS suppliers. 

Atlassian pays virtually $1B for Loom  — Atlassian, the developer of labor administration instruments reminiscent of Jira, Confluence, and Trello, has  acquired video messaging plaatform Loom for $975 million in inventory and money. It’s betting massive that employees will favor to ship each other asynchronous video messages quite than textual content. 

October 2023 

Oracle acquires subject service administration add-on for NetSuite  — Oracle has purchased Subsequent Technik, the developer of a field-service administration software, and plans to include the add-on into NetSuite, its mid-market cloud ERP suite. It’s rebranding the product as Discipline Service Administration by NetSuite and can start promoting the product straight quickly. For now, it’s out there by Subsequent Technik  within the US, UK, Australia and Canada.  

AMD acquires AI software program firm Nod.ai  — Chipmaker AMD is taking a leaf out of rival Nvidia’s playbook with the acquisition of AI software program developer Nod.ai for an undisclosed sum. Nvidia has turned itself right into a trillion-dollar firm by constructing a full stack of generative AI fashions, instruments to create them, and {hardware} to run them. In distinction to Nvidia’s proprietary software program strategy, AMD is pinning its hopes on an open-source technique to drive demand for its {hardware}. 

September 2023 

Cisco closes acquisition of Accedian  — Accedian, the developer of the Skylight efficiency analytics platform for monitoring multi-cloud, multi-vendor networks, is now a part of Cisco. For the final six years it has been majority-owned by Bridge Development Companions, which additionally holds stakes in enterprise knowledge administration firm Syniti and occasion dealer vendor Solace. 

Akeneo buys Unifai to wash up product catalogs  — Product data administration (PIM) specialist Akeneo has acquired Unifai, which makes use of AI for knowledge assortment, cleaning, and categorization. Akeneo plans to roll Unifai’s instruments into its Product Cloud providing, the place it’ll assist with provider knowledge onboarding and pricing integration. 

Rocket Software program integrates tcVision developer BOS  —Rocket Software program, the corporate that misplaced out in July’s bidding struggle for Software program AG, has landed on one other acquisition goal. On Sept. 7, it purchased BOS, a German developer of information integration instruments, together with tcVision, which has been renamed Rocket Knowledge Replicate and Sync. The deal will assist Rocket spherical out its portfolio of mainframe modernization instruments. 

August 2023 

IFS buys Falkonry to spice up its ERP asset administration providers  — IFS has agreed to accumulate Falkonry, developer of an AI-based time-series knowledge analytics instrument. IFS plans to include it into its ERP platform to spice up its enterprise asset administration (EAM) providers capabilities. 

IBM presents $4.6 billion for Apptio  — IBM has bought cloud price management specialist Apptio from personal fairness agency Vista, which has owned it since 2018. IBM plans to roll Apptio’s providing into its IT automation portfolio — AIOps, Instana and Turbonomics, — to assist enterprises optimize each software price and software efficiency from a single management middle. The acquisition additionally offers IBM entry to anonymized knowledge on $450 billion of IT spending that it could actually use to coach AI instruments for additional optimization.  

ServiceNow companions in Scandinavia and Germany merge  — The Cloud Individuals (TCP), a ServiceNow companion primarily based in Norway, has acquired its German counterpart Nuvolax. The deal nets TCP a supply middle in Brazil, giving it 24-hour service protection and opening up entry to the US market, the place it has development ambitions.  

July 2023 

Teradata acquires Stemma to reinforce analytics — Teradata has purchased Stemma, the three-year-old developer of an AI-based knowledge exploration instrument, to speed up its Vantage self-service analytics platform.  

ServiceNow buys retail knowledge platform G2K  — ServiceNow isprinkled some extra AI magic on its automation of workflows within the retail business. It has bought G2K, the developer of the Parsifal knowledge platform, which the corporate says can analyze the motion of shoppers and merchandise round shops. 

Databricks buys MosaicML for $1.3 billion — Generative AI is a scorching commodity lately, and Databricks for one can’t get sufficient of it. Along with creating its personal massive language mannequin (LLM) primarily based on open knowledge, Dolly, it has now acquired MosaicML, the creator of two open supply fashions, MPT-7B and MPT-30B. With the acquisition, Databricks hopes to make it simpler for enterprises to construct massive language fashions primarily based on their very own knowledge.  

Silver Lake buys majority stake in Software program AG  — Software program AG, the German maker of instruments for managing IoT knowledge, APIs, and legacy mainframe apps, seems set to turn into a part of Silver Lake, which additionally owns stakes in Airtable, Celonis, Qualtrics and Splunk. The funding fund secured a 63% stake within the firm, valuing it at $2.4 billion, after a bidding struggle that pitted it in opposition to mainframe modernization agency Rocket Software program. Previous to the deal, Software program AG’s largest shareholder was a basis, SAGST, created by one in every of its founders: SAGST’s 30% holding had for years protected the corporate from takeovers, however in April the muse agreed to promote most of its stake to Silver Lake. Sanjay Brahmawar, CEO of Software program AG since August 2018, stated the corporate will profit from the steadiness and certainty supplied by a single main shareholder. 

June 2023 

Silver Lake buys Qualtrics for $12.5 billion  — Qualtrics has modified palms once more. SAP acquired it for $8 billion in 2018, however the graft didn’t take, and SAP quickly offered a minority stake. Now Silver Lake and the Canada Pension Plan Funding Board have snapped up the entire firm. The deal closed June 28. SAP will stay a go-to-market companion of Qualtrics and repair their joint prospects. 

Knowledge middle operator buys its technique to a greener carbon footprint — Knowledge middle operator nLighten has purchased Euclyde, proprietor of six knowledge facilities in neighboring France. One in all nLighten’s objectives with the acquisition is to cut back its carbon footprint: in France 70% of electrical energy comes from nuclear energy stations, whereas in nLighten’s dwelling nation, Germany, round one-third of it comes from coal, which has the best carbon depth of all electrical energy sources. 

HCM vendor UKG buys payroll supplier Immedis — UKG’s cloud-based HCM software program already delivers a variety of features to some enterprise HR departments. Now it’s now including to these capabilities with the acquisition of Immedis, which helps enterprises and mid-size corporations working in a couple of nation to handle payroll throughout borders. UKG plans to combine the brand new performance into its software program suite as UKG One View later this yr. 

IBM buys French cloud providers agency Agyla — Trying to enhance its providing for French shoppers, IBM has agreed to purchase Agyla, a supplier cloud platform engineering providers. It plans to include Agyla into its IBM Consulting division. 

Could 2023 

Survey firm Momentive says sure to STG deal — Symphony Expertise Group has closed its acquisition of Momentive (previously SurveyMonkey) for $1.5 billion. STG’s portfolio additionally contains ERP vendor CAI Software program and a stake in cybersecurity agency RSA. 

Snowflake provides Neeva’s generative AI to its knowledge warehouse platform — Snowflake has acquired Neeva, a small startup that used generative AI to enhance the search expertise. The deal got here simply days after Neeva closed its subscription-based, ad-free search engine. Constructing a search expertise folks had been keen to pay for, whereas arduous, turned out to be the straightforward half, in keeping with a farewell weblog submit from Neeva’s founders: “Convincing customers to pay for a greater expertise was really a easier drawback in comparison with getting them to attempt a brand new search engine within the first place.” Now it’s as much as Snowflake to persuade its prospects to vary. 

IBM to automate cloud knowledge safety with Polar Safety acquisition — Knowledge safety posture administration specialist Polar Safety will quickly be a part of IBM, which plans to combine the Israeli firm into its Guardium vary of information safety merchandise. There, it’ll assist IBM prospects pinpoint safety dangers and compliance violations. IBM didn’t say how a lot it had paid for the corporate, however Israeli information web site Tech12 put the value at $60 million. 

Databricks buys Okera to maintain tabs on LLMs — Databricks has been encouraging enterprises to experiment with massive language fashions, providing one in every of its personal, Dolly, as open supply. Now it’s providing its prospects a technique to maintain such fashions below management with the acquisition of LLM governance specialist Okera. 

April 2023

Ciphr provides variety with Marshall acquisition — Marshall E-learning, a supplier of variety and inclusion coaching, is now a part of Ciphr, a UK-based HR SaaS platform. Ciphr expects the deal will allow it to increase its current on-line studying providing.

March 2023

Vista Fairness Companions buys insurance coverage software program agency Duck Creek — Vista’s newest acquisition is a $2.6 billion area of interest play: Duck Creek Applied sciences, a developer of specialist software program for the insurance coverage business. The businesses say the deal will speed up Duck Creek’s transfer to the cloud, permitting it to scale up its enterprise.

Quantive buys AuxinOKR consulting agency — Following its acquisition of consulting agency AuxinOKR, technique execution platform Quantive is rolling out a brand new consulting division to help enterprises adopting its instruments for measuring enterprise outcomes.

Quantexa is loving the Aylien — Quantexa has acquired Aylien, a Dublin-based pure language processing agency specializing in threat administration and market perception. It’s going to use Aylien’s NLP expertise to reinforce its AI-based resolution intelligence instruments for the finance business.

Capita lays off employment screening enterprise — Matrix SCM, a British IT staffing company, has acquired Safety Watchdog, a supplier of employment screening providers, from Capita, the large IT providers enterprise. It’s a part of a broader sell-off for Capita, which additionally let go of three different HR corporations in March: Capita Resourcing, HR Options, and ThirtyThree. Capita is promoting non-core companies to cut back its money owed, and refocus on public sector and buyer expertise work.

Key secures Rocket — Mainframe software program developer Rocket Software program has purchased mainframe safety specialist Key Assets. The deal will allow Rocket to supply further security-related providers to the mainframe customers it really works with.

February 2023

Thomas Bravo manages $8 billion spend on Coupa Software program — Funding agency Thomas Bravo has acquired Coupa Software program, a supplier of enterprise spend administration instruments, in an $8 billion deal. Abu Dhabi Funding Authority has taken a minority stake. Thomas Bravo additionally owns enterprise funds firm BottomLine, open finance platform Solifi, knowledge administration instrument Talend, and a raft of safety and id administration software program corporations.

Arm sells software program arm — Processor designer Arm has offered Forge, its suite of software program growth instruments for high-performance computing, to Linaro, which develops and helps a variety of different Arm-specific software program for enterprises. Arm initially acquired Forge in 2016 to help its entry into the HPC market.

Accenture buys Morphus, provides new South American cybersecurity middle — With its acquisition of Brazilian cybersecurity and risk intelligence supplier Morphus, Accenture has added a brand new web site from which to oversee its providing of managed safety providers and superior analytics. The cyber fusion middle in Fortaleza, Brazil, was beforehand Morphus Labs.

January 2023

OpenText buys Micro Focus for $5.8 billion — OpenText has closed its acquisition of Micro Focus, a vendor of mainframe modernization and software portfolio administration instruments. OpenText’s first transfer on finishing the deal was to start shedding employees. It introduced an 8% discount in workforce to comprehend $400 million in annual price financial savings to assist finance the $5.8 million buy, which it first introduced in August 2022.

Dell buys Cloudify — After promoting off its stake in VMware, Dell is shifting again into the cloud software program enterprise with the acquisition of Cloudify. The Israeli startup has developed a cloud orchestration platform to assist devops groups automate provisioning.

McKinsey buys machine MLops platform Iguazio — McKinsey is including to its steady of machine studying consultants with the acquisition of software program developer Iguazio. In time, it plans to combine it into QuantumBlack, a McKinsey enterprise unit that’s specialised in AI for the final decade. Iguazio is the developer of a industrial MLops platform and two open-source instruments: MLRun, for ML pipeline orchestration, and Nuclio, which presents real-time serverless features to automate software deployment.

HPE buys Pachyderm to automate ML growth — Pachyderm, a developer of information pipeline automation instruments used to coach machine studying fashions, is now a part of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. The corporate’s software program will turn into a part of the HPE Machine Studying Improvement Atmosphere.

Quantum fusion: IonQ ties up with Entangled Networks — With every of the handful of corporations creating quantum computer systems betting on a special structure, a cross-platform quantum computing working system continues to be manner off. That’s why quantum {hardware} corporations like IonQ are creating their very own software program instruments, too. To hurry up the method, IonQ has acquired Entangled Networks, a developer of software program optimization instruments for quantum computer systems, and is constructing a brand new Canadian subsidiary across the software program crew.

Two ServiceNow companions tie the knot — ServiceNow options supplier Thirdera has acquired one other ServiceNow companion, SilverStorm Options, to increase its attain in Europe. Thirdera additionally operates in South America and, mixed, the 2 ServiceNow Elite-level companions have over 900 workers.

For extra enterprise merger & acquisition exercise, see our trackers from 2022 and 2021.