M&A Finance / Acquisition

Home Telecom has completed its sixth and seventh acquisitions in three years, adding customers from Bloomtel and OpenFibre to the business.

WatchGuard Technologies has added AI and machine learning capabilities to its Unified Security Platform with the acquisition of CyGlass Technology Services.

Cisco has agreed to acquire Splunk in a deal valued around $28bn, uniting the company’s capabilities in AI, security and observability.

Wifinity has acquired Next Connex to bolster its technical and product capabilities across WAN, SD-WAN and Infrastructure-as-a-Service.

Connectus has acquired Mango Tech to swell its customer base across the north west and enhance its engineering

CloudClevr has acquired 4Sight Communications, adding further scale and capabilities following its June deal for NGC Networks.

SCC has acquired consultancy Nimble as part of its Digital Solutions and Services Provider strategy, a plan to build a 2,000-person European digital consultancy within the decade.

M&A hungry Croft Communications has completed its third acquisition in as many weeks with a deal for Blackstar Solutions.