In the same week that CB Insights reported that venture capital activity had decreased slightly in 2012, OnApp, Survey Monkey, Zettaset and InsideSales.com raised money to further their cause...
Cisco (CSCO) announced its intent to acquire privately held cloud networking company Meraki for $1.2 billion. San Francisco-based Meraki was founded in 2006 by MIT PhD candidates, and was funded by Sequoia Capital and Google.
Acquisition news in the tech and social media industries includes: Salesforce.com and Oracle buying social media intelligence; EMC acquiring performance management and Google gains productivity software with mobile capability.
Real estate investor Menlo Equities has purchased a data center in Irvine, California as part of a larger deal to acquire the Irvine Crossings project.
Mergers and acquisition activity in the data center sector generated more than $12.3 billion in deal values globally in 2011, according to an analysis by the UK consulting firm BroadGroup.
Virogen has issued two press releases on successive days discussing its plans to acquire a company operating four data centers in the southeast region of the United States.
Datalink, a provider of data center infrastructure and services, has acquired Minneapolis-based Midwave Corporation in a $17.6 million purchase, the companies said today.
Fortress International books $4 million in projects, Internap will optimize routing for Digital Sports Video, Calix acquires Occam Networks for $171 million.
A subsidiary of Liberty Advisory Group has bought a 92,000 square foot data center in Broomfield, Colorado for $12.85 million, according to local media.
Media Venture Partners has appointed Paul Stapleton as Managing Director. Stapleton has been a leading player in the investment banking scene for the data center and web hosting industries.