People's United Bank acquires VAR Technology Finance, a leasing & finance company that supports channel partners. The deal arrives amid the shift to Device as a Service, and the move from OpEx to CapEx technology consumption.
Hitachi Solutions America claims Capax Global acquisition creates Microsoft Super Partner for Azure cloud services, business applications, data, artificial intelligence (AI), infrastructure and IoT (Internet of Things) solutions.
Nucleus Networks, a Top 100 Vertical Market MSP, acquires The Tech Valet. The deal unites two Canadian managed IT services providers that now have offices across Vancouver, Calgary, Victoria & Toronto.
A.T. Kearney acquires acquired Cervello, a business analytics & data management consultancy. Rivals like Accenture have made similar big data consultancy acquisitions.
Salesforce negotiates to acquire ClickSoftware for $1.5 billion, a report says. ClickSoftware CEO Mark Cattini's previous big exits include Autotask & MapInfo.
