off-prem Anyone with a shed, an extension cord, a couple of GPUs and an overdraft is building datacenters. Fujitsu just offloaded five ‘Digital transformation’ is a better bet, apparently, so private equity gets a turn
AI + ML AI nonsense finds new home as Meta acquires Moltbook Think it's hard to tell bot from human on Facebook now?
AI + ML OpenAI grabs OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger to build personal agents Whatever comes next will be ‘core to OpenAI product offerings’
AI + ML China to probe Meta’s acquisition of AI outfit Manus Grab some popcorn for the Xi vs Zuck bout, which may not be the biggest fight on the card
Security As agents run amok, CrowdStrike's $740M SGNL deal aims to help get a grip on identity security Authentication is basically solved. Authorization is another thing entirely...
AI + ML Zuck buys Chinese AI company Manus that claims it deals in actions, not words ‘General agents’ to infuse Meta’s products real soon now
SaaS ServiceNow opens $7.7B ticket titled 'Buy security company, make it Armis' Customers will be able to see vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and close them with automated workflows.
Science Trump Media jumps aboard the speculative nuclear fusion bandwagon Ambitious timelines don’t bend the laws of physics
On-Prem Digital Realty, Equinix battle for €4.5B atNorth acquisition Nordic datacenter operator's cool-climate facilities attract bids amid AI-driven market frenzy
Cyber-crime Corporate predators get more than they bargain for when their prey runs SonicWall firewalls Acquirers inherit more than staff and systems
Security Uncle Sam lets Google take Wiz for $32B Second time's the charm for after Wiz rejected Google's $23B offer last year
AI + ML Microsoft, Nvidia, and others inject $40B into AI bubble with massive datacenter deal Big Tech and big money unite to back world’s biggest bit-barn buyout
Public Sector Node4's £45M Tisski takeover ends in tears – and £2.4M in damages Messy ruling details a perfect storm of NAO, MoD, and Aquila contract failures
Software Atlassian acquisition drives dream of AI-powered ChromeOS challenger 'A cross-platform browser as an OS is now closer than ever,' claims $610M richer cofounders of The Browser Company
Software Brace yourselves, Backup Exec and InfoScale users, Cloud Software Group just acquired your tools Expect the price hikes and channel changes that proved controversial at VMware, Citrix, and DOGE
Security Palo Alto Networks inks $25b deal to buy identity-security shop CyberArk The lure? Identity security and privileged access management tools to verify humans and... machines
Networks HPE finally closes Juniper deal, but offers no details on what happens next A big shrug to early integration questions
Networks Arista acquires VMware’s VeloCloud SD-WAN outfit from Broadcom It's 2025 so even this networking deal is about AI, which is apparently about to change wide area networks
Networks DoJ clears HPE to buy Juniper if it sells Instant On Wi-Fi and licenses some code Which it will, happily, to create a networking biz that’s still far smaller than Cisco’s or Nvidia’s
Software Boeing offloads some software businesses to private equiteer Thoma Bravo Ten billion bucks coming in for a soft landing, customers may be about to experience a bumpy ride
Systems With AI boom in full force, 2024 datacenter deals reach $57B record Fewer giant contracts, but many more smaller ones, in bit barn feeding frenzy
Legal Biden’s antitrust crackdown on tech M&As may linger into Trump’s reign Lina Khan’s tenure may end, but the regulatory hurdles she helped build aren’t going anywhere
Security BlackBerry offloads Cylance's endpoint security products to Arctic Wolf Fresh attempt to mix the perfect cocktail of IoT and Infosec
Offbeat SQL king Larry Ellison becomes sequel sultan with controlling interest in Paramount Global Oh, great: another tech billionaire owns a media company – although his son probably runs the show
Public Sector You had one job – and four US regulators will share info to check a merger didn't unfairly end it The mass layoffs that follow tech acquisitions are likely to attract greater scrutiny
Software HPE nabs long-time ally Morpheus Data The CMP boasts to be the orchestration platform behind GreenLake since 2022
Security Alphabet's reported $23B bet on Wiz fizzles out Cybersecurity outfit to go its own way to IPO and $1B ARR
Networks Nokia to buy Infinera for $2.3B Aims to expand optical networking biz, particularly in North America
Networks Brit watchdog gnawing on HPE's $14B buy of cable giant Juniper Networks Invites comments from rivals and customers at start of merger probe
Security Second time lucky for Thoma Bravo, which scoops up Darktrace for $5.3B Analysts brand deal a 'nail in the coffin' for UK tech investment
Software Salesforce apparently poised to slurp data management outfit Informatica Investors get excited about using AI to make AI easier
Applications Canva acquires Affinity, further wounding a regulator-bruised Adobe Yet another reason to reconsider that overpriced Creative Cloud subscription
Software Ker-Splunk! Cisco closes $28 billion analytics acquisition Job one: Splunkify Talos threat intelligence, then do the same all over the Cisco portfolio
Virtualization VMware's end-user compute unit reportedly headed to private equity firm KKR As users report Broadcom massively hikes license costs, consultant advises negotiation tactics used for Oracle or Microsoft will apply
Offbeat Japan's second-ranked mobile telco to buy convenience store chain from Mitsubishi KDDI wants to snack on data about who buys what at which of Lawson's 14,600 stores
On-Prem Competition is decreasing in enterprise IT – and you’ll be poorer and dumber for it Suppliers know they can get away with less and the cloud means alternatives are less likely to emerge
Security Atos confirms talks with Airbus over cybersecurity wing sale IT service company's latest move to clear its maturing debts
Networks Cisco goes Christmas shopping, buys Cilium project originator Isovalent Switchzilla likes what eBPF does for multicloud networking and security
Virtualization VMware's end-user compute products are for sale. Who might buy 'em? Would you rather a cloud that not-so-gently migrates you, or a retirement home like HCL?
Virtualization Broadcom re-orgs VMware into four divisions – none of which mention end-user compute products Community programs retained but CEO waves farewell
CSO SonicWall swallows Solutions Granted amid cybersecurity demand surge CEO Bob VanKirk makes near-20-year partnership official, teases big things coming to EMEA
Virtualization Broadcom, VMware insist merger to 'close soon' as China plays hard to get Regulatory red dragon keeping silent with a day left until deadline
SaaS Atlassian buys 'asynchronous video' outfit Loom for almost $1 billion Imagine a Jira bug report with an embedded video explaining the situation
Security Cisco spends $28B on data cruncher Splunk in cybersecurity push $157/share cash deal is the largest acquisition in networking titan's history
Software Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft? All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal
Personal Tech FTC boss Khan shrugs off Microsoft, Meta defeats: 'Losing two is okay' How quick y'all are to forget Nvidia-Arm
Legal Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes No more embrace-and-extinguish M&As, but budgetary changes may make enforcement harder
Virtualization UK greenlights Broadcom's $61B VMware takeover Only obstacle left is the FTC, which is still licking its wounds from other recent antitrust defeats
Software FTC pulls emergency brake on Microsoft's marriage to Activision Blizzard Agency concerned the pair are planning to combine before it's able to make a decision whether to allow it
Personal Tech Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus
Legal China becomes the 37th country to approve Microsoft's Activision buyout Boss fights with US and UK authorities lie ahead, and Redmond may not have enough power-ups to prevail
Software Larry Ellison cleared of forcing Oracle to overpay for NetSuite Billionaire and his financial stake in the deal aren't to blame, says a Delaware judge
Personal Tech Boss fight cleared: Europe approves Microsoft's Activision takeover Completing a tough level doesn't mean squat if you can't defeat UK and USA
Personal Tech EU still set to OK Microsoft's Activision slurp, UK disagrees We've got four words for you: Insert coin to continue
Personal Tech UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition That's not very Unicorn Kingdom of you
Virtualization Europe moves to derail Broadcom's VMware takeover Strangling competition won't fly here, says Brussels
Legal Toshiba board supports – without recommending – $15 billion takeover bid It's probably going to happen, but final approval depends on 'circumstances'
Personal Tech T-Mobile US buys Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile for $1.35B However, those Ryan Reynolds commercials aren't going anywhere
Spotlight on Databases SAP's in-and-out burger Qualtrics sold to Silver Lake and Canadian pension funds Someone's still got some cash jangling about after the Silicon Valley Bank mess
Software Amid the gloom of widespread layoffs, Fujitsu is hiring and acquiring Buys GK Software and intends to put 1,600 new people on staff – some of them oldies
Personal Tech This won't hurt a bit: Amazon now a US healthcare provider Closes takeover of One Medical, has your shopping habits and medical info
Software OpenText completes Micro Focus buy, CEO says bye to 8% of workforce Here's your new desk, phone, security card, and an unpleasant missive for some
Software Fujitsu has a yen for 'large-scale' acquisitions and billions of yen to fund them Digital transformation is still a thing and Japanese giant wants to buy anyone that can do it
Personal Tech Video game players sue to frag Microsoft-Activision merger Redmond accused of monopolising a market! How shocking
Software US Justice Department requests more info from Adobe on $20b Figma buy Antitrust scrutiny into one of the biggest deals for a private software developer
Applications Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon
Virtualization Broadcom CEO says hiking VMware prices is not his strategy Commits to containerized Tanzu portfolio too – perhaps heading off chatter it could be sold
Off-Prem Inmarsat gets $1b from US Navy for 10 years of satellite data Outsourcing national defence didn't work so well in Ukraine
Science Westinghouse sale signals arrival of a new nuclear age Energy granddad wants in on the next generation of atomic tech
Science India's Mars Orbiter Mission loses contact, burns all fuel, deemed 'non-recoverable' Mangalyaan orbiter launched for just $74m, lasted a magnificent 16 times longer than expected
Software NetScaler reclaims identity after Citrix, Tibco merge as ‘Cloud Software Group’ Other business units also made full members of group, perhaps hinting and spin-outs
Personal Tech Fitbit users will have to sign into Google from 2023 Even those with older devices will have to sign in if they want to activate new features
Software Another UK tech company bought out: Schneider Electric grabs rest of Aveva French industrial conglomerate pays $10.75b, but already owned lion's share of industrial software specialist
Security Private equity suits at Thoma Bravo pull out of Darktrace acquisition 'Enterprise immune system' sees share price slump
Personal Tech Musk tries to stall Twitter takeover trial following whistleblower claims And throws a copy of Mudge's allegations to the SEC, too, just in case it hasn't read them yet
Personal Tech EA shares volatile on the back of unconfirmed rumor of Amazon bid Somebody set us up the bomb
Personal Tech Amazon to buy Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7b Bezos empire continues to clean up, but did it pick the proper postulates?
Legal Toshiba shrinks its shortlist of suitors but warns a deal won't happen soon Bain and Japan Industrial Partners among those in the running
Legal Twitter claims Elon Musk bailed from sale with 'invalid and wrongful' reasons Tesla chief seemingly responds with ... a Chuck Norris meme that shows all the brilliance of the CEO mindset
Software API rate limits at the core of Elon Musk’s decision to ditch Twitter Claims he got less access to data than paying customers and was forced to endure the indignity of a PDF
AI + ML IBM buys Databand to keep bad data from tainting your AI Upstart promises to tackle that old adage: Garbage in, garbage out
Virtualization Broadcom takeover deal for VMware faces no rival bids Lack of alternative offers means sale may go ahead with expected completion in fiscal 2023
Software Zendesk sold to private investors two weeks after saying it would stay public Private offer 34 percent above share price is just the thing to change minds
Virtualization Broadcom sketches out VMware ambitions that stretch from mainframe to cloud Engineers, sales teams told to stick around, customers promised more 'choice' – to buy from Symantec or CA
Virtualization VMware customers fear Broadcom acquisition will stall innovation, increase cost Gartner advises renegotiating subscriptions now to avoid ‘dramatic’ and ‘extraordinary’ price rises
Software Toshiba considering 11 possible futures Management reveals 10 suitors, plus a digital transformation plan to become a software-defined business
Virtualization VMware customers have watched Broadcom's acquisitions and don't like what they see It's not hard to find unpleasant precedents for what might happen to Virtzilla
Virtualization Broadcom's stated strategy ignores most VMware customers Focuses on 600 users, lets smaller outfits slide, trims R&D spend, slashes sales expenses
Virtualization Broadcom to 'focus on rapid transition to subscriptions' for VMware Offers comforting vision for core customers, products, channel – though warns efficiencies are coming
Virtualization Broadcom to buy VMware 'on Thursday for $60 billion' Think we speak for everyone when we say: Seriously, what the f...?
Virtualization Broadcom in talks to buy VMware: multiple reports Michael Dell could be the key to any deal
