Article: United States : Enterprise IT deals to drive tech M&A.

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' ...

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