This IDC study provides an overview of M&A deals in the cloud computing industry in the first half of 2010 and the different business, financial, and technology trends affecting M&A activities. It also analyzes industry and market dynamics driving current and future acquisitions in the different cloud computing markets.
"Cloud computing M&As picked up sharply in the first half of 2010. This comes as no surprise considering that the entire industry is in a period of transition that is believed to be the third major IT revolution, following the PC and the Internet. As the move to the cloud gathers steam, vendors are required to adapt their offerings, resulting in increasing M&A activity." — Dan Yachin, research director, IDC EMEA Emerging Technologies