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Updata Advisors Q1 2008 Information Technology M&A Review

<ul><li>M&A Overview: Overall M&A Struggles, But Software And Services Tread On</li></ul><blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">According to FactSet Mergerstat, total announced global M&A deal value across all industry groups was... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#according" target="_blank">read more>></a> What Is Driving M&A in the Technology Sector? Growth remains the primary driver of value, and with the slowing economy organic growth as been more difficult to attain... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#growth" target="_blank">read more>></a> </blockquote><ul><li><div style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">SECTOR ANALYSES </div></li></ul><blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Internet: Internet M&A is off to a respectable start this year, with roughly the same number of deals... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#Internet" target="_blank">read more>></a>IT Services: There were 99 IT services deals tracked by Updata in Q1 2008, down only... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#IT" target="_blank">read more>></a> Enterprise Application Software: The number of enterprise application software deals tracked by Updata is down 28%... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#EAS" target="_blank">read more>></a>  Infrastructure Software: The number of infrastructure software deals remained roughly the same in Q1 2008 compared to... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#infrastructure" target="_blank">read more>></a> IT Security: M&A activity in the security space is off to a relatively slow start in 2008... <a title="read more>>" href="http://updata.com/it_ma_review/q1_2008.asp#ITSecurity" target="_blank">read more>></a></blockquote> 10 application/xml false enterprise application software infrastructure software Internet IT M&A IT services security software M&A technology M&A technology mergers and acquisitions Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 rdvorak 38.99.193.126 false true false false true 125367 blog blogsite/UpdataAdvisors/web