Acquisition Stories - Page 157

Kiwi Stories

Acquisition stories

Let's Play Live acquires esports company called CyberGamer

Let's Play Live has acquired esports platform CyberGamer, expanding its reach in the Australian and New Zealand markets and boosting community engagement.

By Damian Seeto • 2 min read • Mon, 7th Jan 2019

Trade Me

Apax Partners wins bidding war for Trade Me buyout

Apax Partners secures the win to buy Trade Me for NZD $6.45 per share after Hellman and Friedman withdraws, valuing the company at NZD $2.56 billion.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Fri, 14th Dec 2018

Global Stories

Acquisition stories

Identity and Access Management

Akamai acquires Janrain for access management capabilities

Akamai Technologies is set to acquire Janrain, enhancing their Intelligent Edge Platform with advanced customer identity and access management capabilities.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 9th Jan 2019

Storage

Positive results for semiconductor market, but decline looms

The market's revenue growth reached double-digit figures in 2018, but Gartner has identified a number of imminent roadblocks.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Jan 2019

DevOps

The future of data with machine learning and cloud advancement

Organisations that don't take the reins in terms of machine learning and cloud adoption may see themselves left behind.

By Nick Hoskins • 5 min read • Tue, 8th Jan 2019

DevOps

The forces that will shape cloud management in 2019

Aussie firms to splash out $5.6bn on cloud services in 2019, eyeing agility and innovation amid talent crunch.

By Jordan Griffiths • 6 min read • Mon, 31st Dec 2018

Unified Communications

2019 data centre predictions from Interxion's Europe MD

The coming year looks set to be one of implementation where we see a lot of technologies that have been present on the fringes become mainstream.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 27th Dec 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

5 strategies for widening the colocation data centre talent pool

The colocation industry has one of the lowest unemployment numbers across industries, making talent acquisition a difficult task.

By Abby Gabriel • 5 min read • Fri, 21st Dec 2018

DataCentre infrastructure

Report: Bulk of data centre managers don't care about environment

This week Supermicro released its first annual report detailing the environmental impact of today's cloud-scale data centres.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Dec 2018

Hyperscale

Digital Realty nabs new executive appointment from Equinix

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer could be the game plan that Digital Realty is currently following.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 19th Dec 2018

Power / Energy

Mercury Energy sells smart meter business for $270m

IntelliHUB has acquired Mercury New Zealand's Metrix smart metering business for $270m, expanding its smart meter footprint in Australia and New Zealand.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Dec 2018

Internet of Things

Avnet to boost AI/IoT solutions with acquisition

The acquisition of Softweb Solutions adds software and artificial intelligence to Avnet's ecosystem and bolsters its IoT capabilities.

By Ben Moore • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Dec 2018

Quantum Computing

DigiCert conquers Google's distrust of Symantec certs

DigiCert has successfully restored trust for its Symantec security certificates after Google's automatic distrust.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 12th Dec 2018

Hyperscale

$43m tax-break for Google to house data centre in Ohio

There could soon be another hyperscaler on the horizon as the Ohio Tax Credit Authority has laid the bait for Google.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 12th Dec 2018

Cloud Services

Accenture 'largest Oracle Cloud integrator in ANZ'

Accenture acquires PrimeQ, cementing its position as the top Oracle Cloud integrator in Australia and New Zealand, bolstering digital transformations.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 11th Dec 2018

Unified Communications

Golden opportunities for enterprise e-waste reduction

As e-waste volumes surge past 50 million tonnes globally, businesses face pressure to improve technology asset management and embrace recycling efforts.

By Evan Kenty • 6 min read • Mon, 10th Dec 2018