Excerpt from: Technology Bankers
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| February 11, 2008 | | Amid Changing Drivers of Activity, Information Technology M&A To Continue Apace | Updata Advisors released its annual outlook on merger and acquisition activity for the year ahead. The “2008 Information Technology M&A Outlook,” also reviews M&A transaction and trading data in 2007 across five key technology sectors: enterprise application software, internet, infrastructure software, IT security/compliance, and IT services. - Overview
Putting aside global credit market challenges and a market correction, 2007 was by most measures a very good year for the information technology industry. Aggregate revenue among the industry's largest bellwethers grew... read more>> - Enterprise Application Software
2007 was an interesting year for enterprise application software. Building on the momentum of 2006, trading values and M&A activity got off to a strong start... read more>> - Internet
The internet sector -- including e-commerce, new media and web-based services -- experienced record post-bubble deal activity and rapid change in 2007... read more>> - Infratructure Software
Several key trends that have emerged in infrastructure software over the past several years will continue to be the primary M&A market drivers through 2008... read more>> - IT Security/Compliance
IT security and compliance pure-plays outperformed the overall technology market by a wide margin in 2007. The share price index of larger public bellwethers rose... read more>> - IT Services
Updata tracked 424 IT Services deals in 2007, representing a 13% increase in deal activity from 2006 levels. While the year was strong for IT Services M&A, it was also a year of great contrasts...read more>>
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