451 Group Survey

Bankers go bearish

The results of our annual survey of senior bankers paints a bleak picture for tech M&A. More than half say their pipeline is drier now than it was last year. And those are the bankers that still have jobs. Just how bad is the outlook?

19 Nov 2008
Brenon Daly

Deal Analysis

IBM buys Transitive for cross-platform virtualization, Power Systems unification

Now that System i and System p are housed together under the same Power Systems brand, IBM needs technology that will help it run multiple OS loads on a single server. The QuickTransit binary translation tools should do the trick.

19 Nov 2008
John Abbott

Sector IQ

From voodoo to vindication: Which companies are playing in the deployment segment?

As forward-thinking IT departments look to structure their internal environments as private clouds, what are the opportunities for companies tackling the application deployment process?

17 Nov 2008
Vishwanath Venugopalan

Deal Analysis

Antenna Software acquires strategic assets of competitor Vettro

The mobile software developer grabs some of Vettro's assets, including partners and customers. How will this help Antenna going forward, and what geographical regions will the deal open up?

14 Nov 2008
Chris Hazelton

M&A Insight

LBOs without the 'L'

When is an LBO not an LBO? When the deal is done in all equity. We've heard recently that some buyout shops aren't even looking to borrow money as they pencil out possible deals. It's yet another sign of the deep freeze in the credit market.

20 Nov 2008
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Survey says...

Near the end of each of the past four years, we've surveyed senior bankers to get their sense of how their business is looking. But this year, with Wall Street reeling, the results tell a radically different story. Just how bad is it out there?

19 Nov 2008
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Dealing with a legacy

The top executives at Yahoo and Symantec have announced plans to leave soon. The legacies of both figures have been unalterably shaped by M&A. How active will the new CEOs be in reversing the deal decisions of their predecessors?

18 Nov 2008
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Salesforce.com for sale?

Does a change at the White House clear the way for Oracle's purchase of 'cousin-company' Salesforce.com? There are a lot of 'ifs' in this potential deal, and we doubt anything is in the works. But it makes for interesting speculation.

17 Nov 2008
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Market imbalance

Just as the sellers of public market equities have overwhelmed the buyers during the current Wall Street crisis, the number of public companies taken off the market has overwhelmed the new listings. And don't look for the IPO window to open soon.

14 Nov 2008
Brenon Daly
Tim Miller