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Cisco strikes twice – with acquisition of London based IMImobile and Slovakian Slido

Telecoms, Cloud & Managed Services / 16th Dec 2020

Stay-at-home orders and remote work have made business leaders more aware of the inadequacies of legacy communication systems, leading to accelerated adoption of cloud infrastructure.
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2020 ends with the biggest tech deal of the year

Insights / 11th Dec 2020

S&P Global and IHS Markit announced the biggest corporate merger of 2020 with a definitive agreement that values IHS Markit at $44bn.
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Salesforce Picks up Slack in Seismic Enterprise Software Deal

Software / 10th Dec 2020

The long-rumoured purchase of Slack by Salesforce has finally rumbled to the surface in a seismic deal for the enterprise software sector.
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Openreach Sale Could Spark Consolidation for UK Fibre

Telecoms, Cloud & Managed Services / 1st Dec 2020

BT chief executive Philip Jansen has sent waves of speculation through the telecoms industry by saying at a conference that he would be “open-minded” about selling a stake in Openreach.
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Nasdaq puts Financial Fraud in Focus with Verafin Deal

Software / 27th Nov 2020

The rise of digital payments has created new opportunities for financial fraud, stoking demand for software that can detect suspicious payment activity.
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Could the Nvidia-Arm Deal Reinvigorate RISC-V?

Semiconductor & Photonics / 19th Nov 2020

Nvidia’s contentious acquisition of Arm has led to speculation that the firm won’t be able to maintain its neutrality, and that rivals could come to occupy a larger share of the open source chip market.
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