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Mergers and Acquisitions in Information Technology and ICT

M&A in Information Technology and ICT

Information technology is a global sector. IT or ICT can be considered as one of the most diverse industries. In the information technology (IT) industry M&A is an important factor to grow. With the development of the European markets m&a in the IT industry gets more important. For this reason you want an m&a advisory that knows your business inside out. Information technology consists of many subsectors and the cfie M&A team in information technology knows these well.

Strategic acquisitions occur very often within the information technology landscape. Drivers for a strategic acquisition in IT can be; to grow market share, get access to a new technology, new products or services and economies of scale. In information technology the developments are ongoing. M&A specialists and IT Business owners need to consider strategic (M&A) partnerships continuously. Growth via M&A might be the right solution in many cases. Please ask for our IT M&A presentation if you want to know how we can help you with mergers and acquisitions in the IT industry.

M&A developments in the IT industry

The IT-industry is a sector with more than average M&A (mergers & acquisitions) activity. Knowledge is one of the most important value drivers in IT and a very important reason for companies in IT buying targets. Knowledge, or specific software can be sold by acquirers to their existing customer base hence creating additional revenue from the purchase of a company. Very often smaller technical oriented IT companies have developed a high quality application or other IT-driven technology but need the sales network of a larger organization in order to bring their products to market. In such a scenario it makes sense for the larger company to buy it's smaller counterpart. Hence, to buy or to sell a company in IT can be a way to have fresh knowledge and proprietary technology spread more quickly.

Another reason for M&A activity in IT that we have seen is the objective of a company to service their multinational customers better in more countries. We have helped large company owners (eg in IT-networking and Integration) buying smaller businesses abroad in order to be closer to their local customers. This compared to setting up an own support or sales force from scratch. Post-acquisition integration is important to ensure the newly acquired unit functions well.

In Europe we expect to see more consolidation occur as the markets of the individual countries are getting more connected. This increases competition and lowers prices, making it more difficult to compete for smaller businesses who can not allocate their overhead expenses over a large consultant or sales network and are not able to allocate their consultants or technicians as effective.

Mergers and acquisitions in IT security

M&A in IT security is difficult as the security market is growing quickly with a lot of independent providers. A large number of new IT security solutions and products come to market. Acquisitions in IT security are an interesting way to grow market share. Corporate Finance in Europe has the right M&A people that know the IT security industry well.

The large IT security producers often distribute their products via partnerships. In case of buy and build strategies it often is more effective to buy a business compared to starting a new business.

M&A in IT software

Mergers and acquisitions in IT software is a very often used M&A route. In the development of all kinds of software industry specific solutions play an essential role. M&A is an important tool to grow. We are your partner for the job, learn more in m&a advisory IT

Clients are asking for new technologies and solutions in various industries. Turn-key solutions can be found in: Business Process Outsourcing, Records Management (A special segment of Corporate Finance in Europe) and IT networking. Our M&A IT team for software has good contacts with software developing companies for specific industries like healthcare, education or governments. If there are missing IT solutions for new industries in your company cfie might be your partner for a m&a solution. More information can be found in buy a business

Mergers and acquisitions in IT hardware

M&A in IT hardware has taken place over the last decades regularly, but is still ongoing. Please ask for our IT M&A presentation if you want to know how we can help you with mergers and acquisitions in the IT hardware industry.

M&A in Information technology

The m&a IT market is continuously changing. Corporate Finance in Europe understands the diversity of activities like consultancy, design, development, engineering, research and support. Strategic insight and knowledge is essential in buying or selling a business in IT or ICT.

M&A advisory in IT and ICT

The team members of Corporate Finance in Europe have large M&A experience in the IT industry. The team of Corporate Finance in Europe has been involved in selling and buying IT companies valued between 2M and 50M Euro. The information technology businesses that were sold normally have 20 to 400 or more employees and revenues ranging from 2M to 100M Euro. Check our teams knowledge and competences in m&a advisory information technology

Business brokers for the IT (ICT) sector

Corporate Finance in Europe is selling several IT businesses at this moment. Some of these businesses are listed in business brokerage information technology

Business cases in IT (Information Technology)

Being an m&a advisor in the Corporate Finance in Europe network means having experience in the IT industry. From some of our closed deals we have made a specific description . On Information Technology we have selected the following IT M&A transactions;

M&A Deals and transactions

Corporate Finance in Europe is constantly monitoring the m&a market of IT and ICT and speaking to Corporate heads of M&A departments at large IT buyers. To perform merger and acquisitions in information technology successfully means being aware of the requirements and demands by current information technology buyers. On recent deals we can give you some important comments. Learn more and follow M&A deals in Information technology

We are happy to help you. If you have serious M&A plans in IT we invite you to contact us by email or phone so we can send you our IT M&A presentation  and explain how we can help you with mergers and acquisitions in the IT industry.