Q2 2008 IT M&A Review

  M&A OVERVIEW: DESPITE BRIGHT SPOTS, IT M&A FEELS THE STING OF A ROUGH ECONOMY

First the good news. Total announced enterprise value of the IT deals tracked by Updata was roughly $31 billion in Q2 2008, up 3% from Q1 2008... read more>>

Economic Downturn Has Not Stopped America's Acquisitiveness Abroad

In terms of the number of announced transactions in Q2 2008, cross-border deals made up about 39% of all the acquisitions tracked by Updata. Interestingly, fewer of these deals than expected have been inbound to the US... read more>>

Challenging Environment Slows IT M&A Activity Overall

From Updata's perspective, buyers have become more patient and selective about targets given their increased M&A options... read more>>

SECTOR ANALYSES

Updata regularly tracks five core subsets of the technology sector: Infrastructure Software, Enterprise Application Software, IT Services, Security, and Internet. In Q2 2008 certain sectors fared better than others. Overall, deals in the IT services space made up the bulk of the activity while deals in the Internet sector… read more>>

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