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2007 Top 10 Technology Mergers and Acquisitions

Acquirer Acquired Cost (US$)
Details
Silver Lake / TPG Capital Avaya 8.2 billion
Avaya ranks among the key players in the burgeoning unified communications space.
Madison Dearborn CDW 7.3 billion
Huge private equity deal involving a top channel player.
Cisco WebEx 3.2 billion
Cisco is developing a WebEx channel program concerning networking, collaboration.
Dell EqualLogic 1.4 billion
The deal puts Dell in the middle of the SMB storage space, a sweet spot for resellers.
CSC Covansys 1.3 billion
The deal raises CSC's offshore profile, which could improve its competitive stance.
Symantec Altiris 830 million
Endpoint management is hot and Symantec aims to offer a comprehensive solution.
Acer Gateway 710 million
Gateway's product line could see greater play in the channel, where Acer has been active.
Google Postini 625 million
Postini had cultivated a large partner base to sell its security and compliance services.
Arrow Agilysys KeyLink 485 million
Deal makes Arrow top distributor of IBM, HP enterprise products.
Avnet Access Distribution 410.3 million
Deal broadens Avnet's portfolio to include Sun Microsystems Inc., Avaya and F5 Networks, among others.


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