Multiple billion dollar deals were done last year.
Almost nine per cent of the vendor space changed hands in 2024, with 362 acquisitions taking place last year.
According to analyst Richard Stiennon and investment bank AGC Partners, this is a huge rise from 250 in 2023, and up on 332 in 2022.
“Of the 61 for which purchase valuations are available the total transaction amount came to $49.9 billion,” he said. “The actual total, if disclosed, would be much higher.”
Notably large acquisitions included HPE picking up Juniper Networks $13 billion, Acronis by private equity firm EQT for $4 billion, Hashi Corp was acquired by IBM for $6.4 billion, and Thoma Bravo’s $5 billion purchase of Darktrace.
Written by
Dan Raywood
Senior Editor
SC Media UK
Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with more than 20 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 16 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Conference, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and ESET Security Days.
Outside work, Dan enjoys supporting Tottenham Hotspur, managing mischievous cats, and sampling craft beers.
