Mark Fontecchio is a M&A Research Manager. He helps direct the firm's coverage of technology mergers and acquisitions and its M&A KnowledgeBase.
Previously he spent eight years at TechTarget, where he wrote and directed coverage on datacenters, data management and enterprise applications.
Datacenter provider Switch has filed for an initial public offering. It is also investing in geographic expansion in Reno, Nevada; Michigan; and Atlanta. Assuming those projects stay on track, they could boost Switch in the next few years.
The Germany-based company has augmented its Digital Factory unit by reaching for TASS International's automotive design test capabilities to prepare for the coming wave of autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems.
The provider of enterprise information management and e-discovery products has agreed to acquire Guidance Software, a supplier of forensic security software that recently revamped its EnCase product. Will the proposed deal enable Guidance to take EnCase into enterprise information management?
Crown Castle International shells out $7.1bn for fellow cell tower company Lightower Fiber Networks in the latest and largest of a flurry of acquisitions by the buyer to expand its small-cell coverage in the US.
In the face of two paramount risks, automakers are printing an unprecedented number of tech deals. The expansion of ride-hailing apps threatens to shrink their market, while nascent automated driving technologies could provide an opening for tech giants such as Google and Apple to drift into their lane. Car companies have bought their way into both segments, although more so into ride-hailing as it's the more mature of the two.
Four telematics and fleet management acquisitions this month highlight the continuing consolidation in the sector as large providers pick off smaller ones to strengthen their products, capitalize on emerging trends and impending regulatory mandates, and establish beachheads domestically and internationally.
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