|
|
Article: United States : Enterprise IT deals to drive tech M&A.
- Article from:
- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- October 3, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Technology bankers are placing their bets on combinations around enterprise information technology (IT) offerings, which they say will spearhead dealmaking in coming months.
The next few months could see network equipment giant Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) making a play for a data storage company like NetApp Inc (NTAP.O); services behemoth International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) going after a content delivery network provider like Akamai Technologies Inc (AKAM.O); and server maker Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) courting a network gear maker like Juniper Networks Inc (JNPR.O), bankers said.
"The big technology companies are all getting into each others' ...