Channel investors

Guidehouse, backed by private equity firm Veritas Capital, acquires Navigant Consulting for lofty 14.7 times annual adjusted EBITDA based on 2019 forecasts.

U.S. government services provider Perspecta acquires Knight Point Systems, a managed IT services provider (MSP) & consulting firm for $250 million.

Logically, a Portland, Maine-based MSP, acquires Sullivan Data Management, an outsourced IT services provider in the New York area.

French IT consulting & digital transformation giant Atos seeks to acquire IDnomic (formerly OpenTrust) for digital identity management & cybersecurity expertise.

Swedish private equity group EQT Partners acquires Australian cloud & managed service provider (CSP & MSP) Nexon Asia Pacific.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) acquires flash storage & cloud startup E8 Storage, according to reports.

Private equity firm FFL Partners invests in ALKU, with provides contractors for enterprise resource planning (ERP), healthcare IT, life sciences, government & cybersecurity projects.

Northern Ireland-based telecom provider B4B Group acquires fellow Irish telephone systems and business communications services provider Fenix Solutions.