mergers & acquisitions (M&As)
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The Consolidation Wars: M&A Is Rewriting Finance Automation
Coupa’s May 2026 acquisition of Rossum strengthens its accounts payable (AP) automation core and signals a deliberate move to anchor finance automation — built for the office of the CFO — in AI-powered platforms. By pairing Rossum’s large language model- and optical character recognition-driven invoice capture with its own strengths in payments, cash management, AP […]
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Strategy: Some Assembly Required (Part 1)
I’m Joe Schiavone. Last time, we talked about roadmaps, remember? The best ones are built to come apart on purpose, with the goalposts already moving while you’re still drawing the diagram. A bunch of you reached out after that one (thank you, by the way), and the question that kept landing in my inbox was […]
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Publicis Acquires LiveRamp To Advance New Agentic AI Push
Publicis Groupe has agreed to acquire data collaboration and identity resolution firm LiveRamp for $2.55 billion in a move aimed to expand the agency holding company’s artificial intelligence offering. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2026, following the customary regulatory and shareholder approvals. Publicis will operate LiveRamp as an independent company […]
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SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane
As enterprises move from copilots to agentic AI, they are no longer constrained by model selection; rather, they are limited by governed activation of business data. SAP’s planned acquisitions of Dremio and Prior Labs signal an effort to position SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) as an AI data control plane. With these arrows in the […]
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Roadmaps: Preparing To Self-Destruct In Three, Two, One …
I’m Joe Schiavone. I am a principal analyst here at Forrester. My experience has afforded me the opportunity to learn from some amazing leaders while developing my own style along the way. I have been leading tech for global organizations from PE-backed and startups to large global companies. My comparative advantage, and what has led […]
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Paying To Observe It All: Palo Alto Networks’ Acquisition Of Chronosphere
The move marks a departure from PANW's security pure-play roots. What's behind the acquisition, and what does it means for PANW and Chronosphere customers going forward?
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Qualtrics’ Planned Acquisition Of Press Ganey Forsta Shakes Up Multiple Markets
Qualtrics’ acquisition of PG Forsta will reshape healthcare technology. Qualtrics will also gain CFM vendor InMoment as part of the deal.
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Securing AI’s M&A Feeding Frenzy Is On
The cybersecurity industry is in the middle of a land grab as AI security M&A heats up. In just 18 months, eight major vendors — including Check Point, Cisco, CrowdStrike, F5, and Palo Alto Networks — have spent upwards of $2.0 billion acquiring startups focused on securing enterprise AI. AI for security is already poised to disrupt […]
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LumApps And Beekeeper Come Together To Deliver An “AI-Powered Employee Hub”
On July 2, 2025, intranet provider LumApps announced that it will merge with the Swiss-headquartered frontline employee app vendor Beekeeper. The new combined company is backed by the private equity group Bridgepoint, which had already acquired a majority stake in LumApps in 2024. The combined company has a valuation of over $1 billion. A more […]
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Zscaler Snatches Up Red Canary: The Good, The Bad, And The Concerning
Find out what Zscaler's acquisition of Red Canary could mean for the cybersecurity market as a whole as well as for security leaders and their teams.
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The Tech Exec’s Guide To Decoding Cybersecurity Vendor Performance
Forrester analyzed the earnings calls of the 10 largest cybersecurity vendors by market cap and identified key trends for technology executives.
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Sycamore Partners’ $10 Billion Prescription For Walgreens
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) announced it will go private in a $10 billion deal with Sycamore Partners. It comes at a crucial time for Walgreens, which faces declining sales, profitability issues, and scrutiny for its role in the opioid crisis. The formation of WBA in 2014 was intended to deliver a wider range of products and services globally and become a leading player in the international healthcare retail industry.
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Tenable To Acquire Vulcan Cyber: More Consolidation In The Vulnerability Management Market
The proactive security market is consolidating further as exposure management vendor Tenable announced its intent to acquire Vulcan Cyber, a unified vulnerability management (UVM) vendor that specializes in third-party vulnerability collection, vulnerability response, and application security posture management. This acquisition demonstrates how vendors are reacting to CISOs’ continued need to unify and consolidate their fragmented […]
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CrowdStrike Acquires SaaS Security Specialist Adaptive Shield
Cybersecurity platform provider CrowdStrike announced plans to acquire Adaptive Shield, a SaaS security posture management (SSPM) vendor. Some sources reported the purchase price to be around $300 million. If that purchase price is accurate, based on Forrester’s estimates of Adaptive Shield’s current revenue, that price represents an approximately 12–15x revenue multiplier and 6 times more […]
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Siemens Continues The Shift From Grease To Code With Acquisition Of Altair Engineering
German industrial conglomerate Siemens is spending $10 billion to acquire Altair Engineering. Read what this means for Forrester’s clients in manufacturing and beyond.
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Visa Risk And Identity Solutions Acquires Fraud Management Vendor Featurespace
Last week, Visa announced the acquisition of Featurespace, a UK-based enterprise fraud management and anti-money-laundering (AML) vendor.
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IBM Surrenders SIEM While PANW Tries To Gain Ground On Tech Titans
Find out what Palo Alto Networks' acquisition of IBM’s QRadar business means for the broader security information and event management SIEM market.
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Opposites Attract: LogRhythm And Exabeam To Merge
LogRhythm and Exabeam announced their intent to merge, representing another big change for the security analytics platform market. Find out what's driving the merger and what the implications could be.
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50/50: Capital One, Discover, And Differentiation In Credit Cards
Welcome back to Forrester’s blog series, 50/50, where we showcase two sides of a B2C marketing issue. This time, we explore how consumers feel about Capital One’s bid to acquire Discover — and how differentiated credit card brands are in the eyes of customers. The main catalyst for this research is Capital One’s announced plan […]
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Large Services Firms: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, But So Is Coming Together
The boundaries of IT service providers are in flux due to a variety of motivations, and too often, customers are left with more questions than answers. Read this blog to get four tips for managing service provider transitions.
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