This is a central place where you can find information on the key mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures in the Technology, Media, & Telecom (TMT) Sectors. It is by no means an all inclusive list. In fact, it is a selective list of the players whom we think are visionary and leading the industry!
March 2014
Last updated on March 20, 2014
February 2014
Last updated on February 21, 2014
The Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp for $19B along with that of Rakuten to buy Viber Media for $900M had increased the investments into the TMT Sector to over $30B since January 1, 2014.
The Facebook acquisition of WhatsApp for $19B along with that of Rakuten to buy Viber Media for $900M had increased the investments into the TMT Sector to over $30B since January 1, 2014.
January 2014
Last updated on January 31, 2014
Since January 6, 2014, the Silicon Valley, the Silicon Alley and the global markets have witnessed a total influx of over $12B in announced investments into the market segments of cloud computing, mobile computing, enterprise mobile computing, x86 computing, home automation, artificial intelligence, and the industrial internet including IBM's investment of $1B into its Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated to the development and commercialization of cloud-delivered cognitive applications and services, $1.2B to expand IBM`s global cloud data centers footprint from 27 to 40 by end of 2014, and $2.3B to divestiture its x86 computing business, $1.54B of VMware to become a leader in the Enterprise Mobile Computing challenging the incumbent, BlackBerry, Google investment of $3.2B to acquire Nest Labs and sell its Motorola handset business to Lenovo for $2.91B, GE's acquisitions of approximately $1.06B of strategic assets from Thermo Fisher Scientific to boost to expand and accelerate the life sciences technologies and API Healthcare that gives health care providers real-time access to data for improving workforce management and patient care for an undisclosed amount.
Over a period of next 24 months, in US, the four national wireless carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US) and satellite-TV operator Dish Network are estimated to spend at least $46 billion on spectrum in a series of auctions and smaller transactions, according to telecom analysts at New Street Research. In Canada, the auction of all spectrum blocks is estimated to generate $3 and $4 billion for the government. This acquisition of the spectrum will result into a massive buying of hardware, software, and professional services in the next 10 years...The growth of the tech sector will generate a lot of demand for the skilled workforce that could understand the dynamics of the interplay among the Cisco's Internet of Everything, GE's Industrial Internet, Big Data (IBM Watson, SAP HANA, Pivotal AX), Cloud Computing (IBM SoftLayer, AWS, Google), Mobile Computing, and Social Media, and how the IoE and Industrial Internet could usher the Vendors' Ecosystem Partners and Clients into new innovations, business architectures, operating models, risk management and HR practices.
At the same time, all the current and projected investments are going to revive the tech sector, in particular, and the economy, in general, and enable the customers to re-evaluate where do they want to spend their CAPEX and OPEX to offer differentiated products and services, and delightful customer experiences...
What does it mean for your business? More on it at my blogs on the Industrial Internet, the Internet of Everything and HANA. What do you think about the uptake in acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures? Please share your feedback in the comments section of the blogs.
Since January 6, 2014, the Silicon Valley, the Silicon Alley and the global markets have witnessed a total influx of over $12B in announced investments into the market segments of cloud computing, mobile computing, enterprise mobile computing, x86 computing, home automation, artificial intelligence, and the industrial internet including IBM's investment of $1B into its Watson Group, a new business unit dedicated to the development and commercialization of cloud-delivered cognitive applications and services, $1.2B to expand IBM`s global cloud data centers footprint from 27 to 40 by end of 2014, and $2.3B to divestiture its x86 computing business, $1.54B of VMware to become a leader in the Enterprise Mobile Computing challenging the incumbent, BlackBerry, Google investment of $3.2B to acquire Nest Labs and sell its Motorola handset business to Lenovo for $2.91B, GE's acquisitions of approximately $1.06B of strategic assets from Thermo Fisher Scientific to boost to expand and accelerate the life sciences technologies and API Healthcare that gives health care providers real-time access to data for improving workforce management and patient care for an undisclosed amount.
Over a period of next 24 months, in US, the four national wireless carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile US) and satellite-TV operator Dish Network are estimated to spend at least $46 billion on spectrum in a series of auctions and smaller transactions, according to telecom analysts at New Street Research. In Canada, the auction of all spectrum blocks is estimated to generate $3 and $4 billion for the government. This acquisition of the spectrum will result into a massive buying of hardware, software, and professional services in the next 10 years...The growth of the tech sector will generate a lot of demand for the skilled workforce that could understand the dynamics of the interplay among the Cisco's Internet of Everything, GE's Industrial Internet, Big Data (IBM Watson, SAP HANA, Pivotal AX), Cloud Computing (IBM SoftLayer, AWS, Google), Mobile Computing, and Social Media, and how the IoE and Industrial Internet could usher the Vendors' Ecosystem Partners and Clients into new innovations, business architectures, operating models, risk management and HR practices.
At the same time, all the current and projected investments are going to revive the tech sector, in particular, and the economy, in general, and enable the customers to re-evaluate where do they want to spend their CAPEX and OPEX to offer differentiated products and services, and delightful customer experiences...
What does it mean for your business? More on it at my blogs on the Industrial Internet, the Internet of Everything and HANA. What do you think about the uptake in acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures? Please share your feedback in the comments section of the blogs.
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