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The Most Important Tech IPOs Of 2019
by Joseph F. Kovar
The tech industry saw a healthy number of IPOs in 2019, but CRN looks beyond the obvious ones like Airbnb, Lyft, and Peloton to find the top 10 IPOs of the year that are much closer to the channel.
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The 10 Biggest Technology M&A Deals Of 2019
by O’Ryan Johnson
Private equity firms also took a larger chunk of the IT market as industry stalwarts ConnectWise -- which was bought in February then merged with rival Continuum -- and Tech Data were both taken over by institutional investors.
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Gartner: Global IT Spending On Software And Services -- Including Cloud -- On The Rise
by Joseph F. Kovar
The future of IT spending will be characterized by a combination of decreased spending on hardware devices and an increase in spending on software and services, including on the cloud, says Gartner’s John Lovelock.
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The Best (And Worst) Technology Company Stocks In 2019
by Rick Whiting
Of the 44 technology companies on our watch list, 34 recorded gains in the price of their publicly traded shares in 2019 and 10 recorded price declines—a couple by significant double-digit percentages and one losing more than half of its value.
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Synnex Split: 5 Big Things You Need To Know Right Now
by O’Ryan Johnson
The company announced that it would split into two publicly traded companies, one focused on IT distribution and the Concentrix division to drill down on its customer experience mission.
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The 10 Top News Stories Of 2019
by Rick Whiting
Increased regulatory scrutiny of the major Internet companies, the rise of Everything-as-a-Service, the heated competition between Intel and a resurgent AMD, and a controversial Pentagon cloud IT contract made for an interesting 2019.
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30 Notable IT Executive Moves: December 2019
by Dylan Martin
The promotion of Google CEO Sundar Pichai, the retirement of Dell President Marius Haas and a slew of executive hires at Intel were among December's most significant IT personnel moves.
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The 10 Most Important IT Executive Moves Of 2019
by Dylan Martin
CRN recaps the most consequential IT executive moves of the year, which impacted some of the largest tech companies in the world, from Alphabet to T-Mobile.
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The 10 Biggest Channel Stories Of 2019
by O’Ryan Johnson
Several of the top items in this year’s list of top channel news could have won the No. 1 spot in other years, but the 2019 news cycle was dominated by ransomware attacks that show little sign of slowing down.
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Behind The Scenes: A Timeline Of Apollo's Acquisition Of Tech Data
by Joseph F. Kovar
While Apollo Global Management beat Berkshire Hathaway's bid to acquire Tech Data, it was only one small part of an acquisition bid that started 20 months ago when Apollo talked to then-CEO Robert Dutkowsky about a possible investment in Tech Data.
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5 Big IT Channel Trends To Watch Out For In 2020
by Joseph F. Kovar
The old adage that change is the only constant holds true, especially accelerating change. From consolidation to disruption, here are five big IT channel trends to keep an eye on as the industry moves into 2020.
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Tech Data CEO Rich Hume On The $5.4 Billion Deal That Will ‘Accelerate Our Future’
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘They have the ability to invest organically as well as acquisitively in Tech Data. So this is a scenario where we have the fortune of potentially being acquired by someone who has the opportunity to really accelerate our business moving forward,’ Tech Data CEO Rich Hume says of the deal to be acquired by Apollo Global Management.
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8 Big Things To Know About The $5.4B Apollo Global Management-Tech Data Deal
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘This deal is all about investments in the business and continuing to grow and do more,’ says a high level source. ‘Ultimately we believe the channel, within this complex ecosystem, will be an increasingly important part of the IT market.’
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5 Keys To Understanding DXC's Planned Divestiture Of Three Businesses
by Joseph F. Kovar
The three businesses combined offer a multitude of services and solutions aimed at solving some of the most important challenges facing business and public sector customers, but DXC hopes their divestiture will help solve some of its own challenges.
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