Buyer: Zayo
Acquisition: Latisys
When announced: 1/2015
Price: $675,000,000.00
Market: Telecom, Data centers
Link: tinyurl.com/pjwfo8r
Buyer: Dropbox
Acquisition: CloudOn
When announced: 1/2015
Price:
Market: File sharing
Link: cloudon.com/
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Equivio
When announced: 1/2015
Price:
Market: Machine learning , Text analysis
Link: tinyurl.com/okbhnpu
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Revolution Analytics
When announced: 1/2015
Price:
Market: Big data, Analytics, Open source
Link: tinyurl.com/o56wyoq
Buyer: AT&T
Acquisition: Nextel Mexico
When announced: 1/2015
Price: $1,875,000.00
Market: Wireless telecom
Link: tinyurl.com/pb2ydao
Buyer: VMware
Acquisition: Immidio
When announced: 2/2015
Price:
Market: Virtualization
Link: tinyurl.com/kd8nr7k
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Sunrise
When announced: 2/2015
Price: $100,000,000.00
Market: Calendaring, Mobile
Link: tinyurl.com/q4hvcza
Buyer: HP
Acquisition: Voltage Security
When announced: 2/2015
Price:
Market: Security, Encryption
Link: tinyurl.com/nxg3xvd
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: N-Trig
When announced: 2/2015
Price: $200,000,000.00
Market: Digital pens, Mobile
Link: tinyurl.com/q3teovn
Buyer: Infosys
Acquisition: Panaya
When announced: 2/2015
Price: $200,000,000.00
Market: Software testing, Outsourcing
Link: tinyurl.com/qb7wuft
Buyer: Check Point
Acquisition: Hyperwise
When announced: 2/2015
Price:
Market: Security, Threat prevention
Link: tinyurl.com/oyyc6jn
Buyer: Box
Acquisition: Airpost
When announced: 2/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud, Security
Link: tinyurl.com/pzg9n2p
Buyer: Docker
Acquisition: SocketPlane
When announced: 3/2015
Price:
Market: SDN, Open source
Link: tinyurl.com/pbtpsma
Buyer: HP
Acquisition: Aruba Networks
When announced: 3/2015
Price: $2,700,000.00
Market: Wireless LANs
Link: tinyurl.com/nc3793t
Buyer: Brocade
Acquisition: Connectem
When announced: 3/2015
Price:
Market: SDN, Mobile, Cloud
Link: tinyurl.com/p6lfv8c
Buyer: Citrix
Acquisition: Sanbolic
When announced: 1/2015
Price:
Market: Storage virtualization
Link: tinyurl.com/pekhevt
Buyer: Amazon
Acquisition: 2lemetry
When announced: 3/2015
Price:
Market: Internet of Things
Link: tinyurl.com/ma25p8e
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: LiveLoop
When announced: 3/2015
Price:
Market: PowerPoint collaboration web service
Link: tinyurl.com/qf2w5fn
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: Embrane
When announced: 3/2015
Price:
Market: SDN, cloud computing
Link: tinyurl.com/peykvz9
Buyer: Check Point Software
Acquisition: Lacoon Mobile Security
When announced: 4/2015
Price:
Market: Enterprise mobile security
Link: tinyurl.com/o83kxt2
Buyer: Apple
Acquisition: FoundationDB
When announced: 3/2015
Price:
Market: NoSQL database system with transactional features
Link: tinyurl.com/ph9mjl5
Buyer: Lexmark
Acquisition: Kofax
When announced: 3/2015
Price: $1,000,000,000.00
Market: Smart process application software
Link: tinyurl.com/nt8rqx5
Buyer: Salesforce.com
Acquisition: Toopher
When announced: 4/2015
Price:
Market: Mobile security/authentication
Link: tinyurl.com/p4dt8ng
Buyer: SingTel
Acquisition: TrustWave
When announced: 4/2015
Price: $810,000,000.00
Market: Managed security services
Link: tinyurl.com/nnkrjxu
Buyer: Nokia
Acquisition: Alcatel-Lucent
When announced: 4/2015
Price: $1,650,000.00
Market: Fixed/wireless broadband networking
Link: tinyurl.com/ndr3tkr
Buyer: Synopsis
Acquisition: Codenomicon
When announced: 4/2015
Price:
Market: Security software
Link: tinyurl.com/qhaq9mx
Buyer: InfoVista
Acquisition: Ipanema Technologies
When announced: 4/2015
Price:
Market: Application performance
Link: tinyurl.com/ouhgn6q
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Datazen
When announced: 4/2015
Price:
Market: Mobile business intelligence
Link: tinyurl.com/oeg6ub9
Buyer: BlackBerry
Acquisition: WatchDox
When announced: 4/2015
Price:
Market: Mobile content security, enterprise collaboration
Link: tinyurl.com/qjewa8y
Buyer: Raytheon
Acquisition: Websense
When announced: 4/2015
Price: $1,900,000.00
Market: Web security software
Link: tinyurl.com/qgky492
Buyer: Rapid7
Acquisition: NT OBJECTives
When announced: 5/2015
Price:
Market: Security
Link:
Buyer: Google
Acquisition: Timeful
When announced: 5/2015
Price:
Market: Calendaring, mobile app
Link: tinyurl.com/oxtxfkm
Buyer: Ciena
Acquisition: Cyan
When announced: 5/2015
Price: $400,000,000.00
Market: Service provider networking, SDN, NFV, Metro Ethernet
Link: tinyurl.com/mk2fsym
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: Tropo
When announced: 5/2015
Price:
Market: APIs for adding collaboration to cloud apps
Link: tinyurl.com/mp2d3sh
Buyer: Charter Communications
Acquisition: Time Warner Cable
When announced: 05/2015
Price: $78,700,000.00
Market: Telecom
Link: tinyurl.com/nroqljz
Buyer: Fortinet
Acquisition: Meru Networks
When announced: 5/2015
Price: $44,000,000.00
Market: Wireless LANs
Link: tinyurl.com/pcp7fy9
Buyer: HP
Acquisition: ConteXtream
When announced: 5/2015
Price:
Market: SDN, NFV
Link: tinyurl.com/nsnh3ze
Buyer: Avago
Acquisition: Broadcom
When announced: 5/2015
Price: $37,000,000.00
Market: Networking chips
Link: tinyurl.com/qdrfroq
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: 6Wunderkinder
When announced: 6/2015
Price:
Market: Collaboration/mobile
Link: tinyurl.com/nbyxtjb
Buyer: CA
Acquisition: Rally Software
When announced: 5/2015
Price: $480,000,000.00
Market: Agile programming tools/services
Link: tinyurl.com/nobxb2n
Buyer: Avaya
Acquisition: Esma
When announced: 5/2015
Price:
Market: Collaboration
Link: tinyurl.com/pznpsta
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: Piston Cloud
When announced: 6/2015
Price:
Market: OpenStack cloud, IaaS
Link: tinyurl.com/nkjybmu
Buyer: IBM
Acquisition: Blue Box
When announced: 6/2015
Price:
Market: OpenStack, private cloud service
Link: tinyurl.com/otckmg3
Buyer: Sophos
Acquisition: Reflexion
When announced: 6/9/2015
Price:
Market: Security/email security/security as a service
Link: tinyurl.com/q767fu3
Buyer: Malwarebytes
Acquisition: Junkware Removal Tool
When announced: 6/2015
Price:
Market: Security
Link: tinyurl.com/o7qy9wr
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: OpenDNS
When announced: 6/30/2015
Price: $635,000,000.00
Market: Networking security
Link: tinyurl.com/oj233nk
Buyer: Avast
Acquisition: Remotium
When announced: 7/2015
Price:
Market: Mobile security
Link: tinyurl.com/nobowhu
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: MaintenanceNet
When announced: 7/2015
Price: $139,000,000.00
Market: Cloud-based software to manage recurring customer contracts
Link:
Buyer: Splunk
Acquisition: Caspida
When announced: 07/2015
Price: $170,000,000.00
Market: Machine learning/behavioral analytics for security
Link:
Buyer: Blue Coat Systems
Acquisition: Perspecsys
When announced: 7/2015
Price:
Market: Security
Link:
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Adallom
When announced: 7/2015
Price: $320,000,000.00
Market: Cloud security
Link:
Buyer: BlackBerry
Acquisition: AtHoc
When announced: 7/2015
Price:
Market: Crisis communications/messaging
Link:
Buyer: Dropbox
Acquisition: Clementine
When announced: 7/2015
Price:
Market: Workplace collaboration
Link:
Buyer: IBM
Acquisition: Compose
When announced: 7/2015
Price:
Market: Database-as-a-service/cloud
Link:
Buyer: HP
Acquisition: ActiveState’s Stackato business
When announced: 7/2015
Price:
Market: Platform-as-a-service product
Link:
Buyer: IBM
Acquisition: StrongLoop
When announced: 9/2015
Price:
Market: Node.js development, cloud computing
Link:
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Adallom
When announced: 9/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud management/security
Link:
Buyer: Trend Micro
Acquisition: Tipping Point
When announced: 10/2015
Price: $300,000,000.00
Market: Network security
Link:
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: Portcullis Computer Security
When announced: 9/2015
Price:
Market: Security, consulting
Link:
Buyer: Western Digital
Acquisition: SanDisk
When announced: 10/2015
Price: $19,000,000.00
Market: Storage
Link:
Buyer: Dell
Acquisition: EMC
When announced: 10/2015
Price: $67,000,000.00
Market: Storage, virtualization
Link:
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Buyer: Red Hat
Acquisition: Ansible
When announced: 10/2015
Price: $150,000,000.00
Market: Cloud, systems management, open source
Link:
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: ParStream
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Big data, analytics
Link:
Buyer: Ruckus
Acquisition: CloudPath Networks
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Wireless
Link:
Buyer: VMware
Acquisition: Boxer
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Email management, mobile
Link:
Buyer: Docker
Acquisition: Tutum
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud, containers
Link:
Buyer: Google
Acquisition: Jibe Mobile
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Mobile, messaging
Link:
Buyer: Apple
Acquisition: Perceptio
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: AI/Machine learning
Link:
Buyer: IBM
Acquisition: Cleversafe
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Object storage
Link:
Buyer: Intel
Acquisition: Saffron
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Artificial intelligence, processors, cognitive computing
Link:
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: Lancope
When announced: 10/2015
Price: $453,000,000.00
Market: Network security, behavior analytics
Link:
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: 1 Mainstream
When announced: 10/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud, video
Link:
Buyer: IBM
Acquisition: Gravitant
When announced: 11/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud Brokerage
Link:
Buyer: Blue Coat Systems
Acquisition: Elastica
When announced: 11/2015
Price: $280,000,000.00
Market: Cloud security
Link:
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Secure Islands
When announced: 11/2015
Price:
Market: Application security, cloud security
Link:
Buyer: New Relic
Acquisition: Opsmatic
When announced: 11/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud management, app management
Link:
Buyer: Cisco
Acquisition: Acano
When announced: 11/2015
Price: $700,000,000.00
Market: Videoconferencing, collaboration
Link:
Buyer: TCN
Acquisition: Global Connect
When announced: 12/2015
Price:
Market: Cloud-based call centers, communications
Link:
Buyer: Carbonite
Acquisition: Evault (Seagate Technology division)
When announced: 12/2015
Price: $14,000,000.00
Market: Business continuity and disaster recovery
Link:
Buyer: Microsoft
Acquisition: Talko
When announced: 12/2015
Price:
Market: Collaboration and voice chat
Link:
Buyer: NetApp
Acquisition: SolidFire
When announced: 12/2015
Price: $870,000,000.00
Market: Flash storage
Link:
Buyer: Oracle
Acquisition: StackEngine
When announced: 12/2015
Price:
Market: Containers, DevOps
Link: