The biggest enterprise technology M&A deals of the year (so far)
Mergers and acquisitions across the technology industry are going strong in 2025, as private equity firms look for outlets for capital accumulated while uncertainties around the many national elections held in 2024 resolve.
That’s the view of analysts at Wolters Kluwer’s CT Corporation. Other factors favoring an increase in deal-making in 2025, they say, include lower interest rates in the US and Europe, and a favorable regulatory environment.
Despite the Trump administration’s bonfire of the regulators, some watchdogs still have teeth, though: One big deal from 2024, HPE’s $14 billion bid for Juniper Networks, which eventually closed in July, was halted by the US Department of Justice just a few days after Trump took office and didn’t clear that hurdle until the last days of June.
While that deal ran into concerns about industry concentration, that’s not typically...
