Channel technologies

Activist investor Starboard Value LP acquires 9.3 percent stake in data protection software provider Commvault. Starboard also has a stake in Box.

Delta Capita Group, a financial services consulting firm & MSP, receives $50 million equity investment from Prytek Holdings. Tuck-in acquisitions expected.

Microsoft acquires Affirmed Networks. Azure cloud gains network functions virtualization (NFV) for mobile service providers & 5G wireless services.

Capgemini acquires WhiteSky Labs for Mulesoft expertise. Salesforce Ventures was a WhiteSky Labs investor.

Global IT services & consulting giant Cognizant acquires Lev, a digital marketing consultancy firm and Salesforce cloud partner.

St. Louis, Missouri-based IT services and consulting firm Perficient acquires Catalyst Networks, a Georgia-based digital consultancy and Sitecore specialist that's also known as Brainjocks.

Broadcom is ending the Symantec PacketShaper product line on March 31, and telling customers to explore Allot Secure Service Gateway (SSG) as a potential alternative option.

Metronet acquires Jaguar Communications. M&A activity among fiber-optic service providers and infrastructure providers has been steady.