The six vendor acquisitions that puzzled partners in 2019

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CRN sister publication CPI casts its eye over the most head-scratching vendor M&A activity this year

1. IBM and Red Hat Purchase price: $34bn Impact on the channel: The largest software acquisition in history, IBM's mammoth $34bn closed on July 9, 2019. The deal was part of IBM's ga...

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