The first half of 2021 saw some of the largest merger and acquisition (M&A) deals of the past five years in the technology, media, and telecommunications sector, according to PwC, although nothing quite rivaled AMD’s $35 billion bid last year for Xilinx, or Salesforce.com’s now-closed $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack.
The number of deals this past quarter has continued apace, with smaller firms merging or being swallowed up to extend the functionality offered by the giants of enterprise software and services. Mega-mergers, however, have slowed of late, and one reason for this may be a fear of government intervention.
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