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Archive for Category: Enterprise Data

Jun 16, 2016

Why is m&a hot in EDA when public company values are down? Our June 2016 EDA Market Update

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Our latest report on values and trends in the Enterprise Data and Analytics space (“EDA”) is HERE. As you will see, merger & acquisition activity in the EDA space continues to be strong – and m&a values high – in spite of the recent decline in market value for several publicly listed companies in this space. In fact, over the past few weeks we’ve seen several $1 billion+ acquisitions of public companies, including

May 5, 2016

Salesforce – It ain’t just CRM anymore.

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Salesforce is the 4th most valuable software company in the world, and by far the youngest of the top four. It got to this vaunted position in part because of its superior service. We’ve been loyal users of Salesforce to help power our marketing efforts at M&A for more than 10 years. But also, much as Apple has encouraged others to develop apps for its iPhone and iPad, Salesforce has grown by encouraging other firms to leverage its presence and capabilities to build value added software on top of the Salesforce platform. This is the Salesforce Ecosystem. It isn’t just about CRM any longer.

Disruption leads to paradigm shifts

Mar 13, 2016

Disruption is here to stay. Get used to it.

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For several years now, the dozen plus information technology sectors that we support have been strong for some, while quite disruptive for others. In Fintech, the press has focused on the digital revolution in customer behavior and the wave of virtualization currently sweeping financial services. It has to make the traditional providers nervous. In Enterprise Data, the buzz has been around the rise of big data analytics and how they are changing the way we understand the world. In Healthcare IT the talk has been about the increasing use of technology, information, and tools that may fundamentally change the doctor-patient relationship. These are disruptive times. Get used to it.

Feb 23, 2016

Where are we headed with Big Data M&A. Are values at risk?

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The New Year started out with a bang for companies in all four segments of the Enterprise Data & Analytics space. More than a dozen transactions of significance were announced including deals by Bessemer, Bloomberg, IBM, Moody’s, Oracle and Thoma Bravo. EV-to-revenue multiples as well as EV-to-EBITDA multiples for all four segments remained relatively strong, despite a backdrop of volatility in the capital markets. There was one cautionary note, however.

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