Mergers and Acquisitions

Microsoft's Talko acquisition could bolster Skype for Business while also countering both Cisco Spark and Slack's forthcoming enterprise version.

TierPoint acquired AlteredScale, a midwestern data center provider that offers cloud, colocation and managed services. It's part of a nationwide strategy.

Salesforce may purchase SteelBrick, which potentially competes in some channel niches against ConnectWise Quosal, Aspire QuoteWerks & VARStreet.

After seven IT service provider buyouts, you'd think Evolve IP is built on M&A. But you'd be wrong. Here's the cloud service provider's growth strategy.

Carbonite sees $14 million deal as a low-risk/high reward bet to extend from SMBs to midmarket customers. The question: How did Seagate stumble with EVault?

The IT channel's 5th M&A deal of the week may rank among the biggest acquisitions in terms of MSP and IT services headcount.

Mergers & acquisitions across the VAR, managed and cloud services provider landscape continue. A closer look at four VARs, MSPs & CSPs purchased this week.

The latest MSP buyout marries a cloud services provider (CSP) with a vertical market specialist focused on veterinary medicine and pharmaceuticals.