Updata Advisors IT Services Transactions

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Updata Advisors IT Services Mergers & Acquisitions News

In this issue: <ul><li>Overview: “Rationality” While 2007 was a strong year for M&A activity in the IT Services sectors covered by Updata, it was also a year of marked contrasts… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story1">read more</a>>> </li><li>2008 Outlook While we expect to see the tempering impact of slow economic growth in 2008 across several Services subsectors, we also predict that M&A activity will remain reasonably strong… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story2">read more</a>>> </li><li>2007 In Review <ul><li>Repeat Services Acquirers: Certain Services companies have been extremely active buyers in recent years… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story3a">read more</a>>> </li><li>Deal Size Rose and the Roster of Publicly-Traded Firms Shrank: 2007 was notable for an above-average number of large Services M&A transactions... <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story3b">read more</a>>> </li><li>Premiums Paid in Certain Sectors: The deals presented in Figure 7 commanded much higher multiples than we traditionally associate with Services M&A averages… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story3c">read more</a>>> </li><li>Valuation Differentials by Subsector:  Using median metrics across a wide range of 2007 Services M&A transactions, Digital Marketing Services firms were at the top of the list of high… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story3d">read more</a>>></li></ul></li><li>Conclusion As we enter 2008, our sense is that we have the makings of a good Services M&A year ahead of us… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story4">read more</a>>> </li><li>Appendix: Updata IT Services Stock Performance Index by Sub-Sector Updata’s IT Services Publicly-Traded Stock Indices for seven sub-sectors vs. NASDAQ performance over 2007… <a href="it_services/it_serv_jan08.asp#story5">read more</a>>> </li></ul> 9 application/xml false IT services technology M&A technology mergers & acquisitions Updata Advisors Updata Advisors IT Services Transactions Recent IT services mergers and acquisitions deals completed by Updata Advisors http://www.updataadvisors.com/interior_advisorstransactions.asp?sector=5&sectorname=IT%20SERVICES Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; InfoPath.1) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 fbartolomey 208.82.213.22 false true false false true 125367 blog blogsite/UpdataAdvisors/web