It all began in February when Interxion and Telecity announced a $2.2bn merger – but Equinix has, today, surely secured a deal to become Europe’s largest player.
Headlining as the largest pure technology deal on record, Avago Technologies is to buy rival Broadcom Technologies for $37 billion in cash and stock.
Making Developers Dreams Come True
Publicised as a deal which will make developers dreams of creating truly transformative software come true, CA Technologies’ $480m DevOps acquisition will see Rally Technologies move back off the NYSE after just two years.
The Lee family dominance is set to get even bigger as news came at the beginning of the week of a merger with Cheil Industries. The fashion and leisure construction business is apparently central to the Lee family’s strategy to secure Samsung control, which is why they didn’t hesistate to secure the $8.1bn.
Just weeks after Comcast withdrew its intention to merge with Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications swept in with a $55.1bn offer to take TWC off the table. Added excitement came in the form of US regulators coming in to block Comcast’s merger due to market concerns.
