Top issues for technology M&A: 2014

Mixed perspectives on technology sector M&A for 2014

Companies in today’s rapidly changing landscape are responding to customer and market needs – often through M&A – in the areas of scale, cloud services, mobility and big data, prompting stakeholders to anticipate greater deal volume. Yet, headwinds such as uncertain consumer spending, declining revenue/growth rates, shortage of attractive acquisition targets, moderate growth in the United States, and overall slowed economic growth in China, EMEA and BRIC countries could put a damper on sector M&A.

Learn more about the following factors which are expected to influence deal activity in the coming year:

• Volume and valuation
• Focus on growth
• TMT convergence
• Monetizing tech trends
• Cross-border M&A
• M&A to drive business transformation
• Divestitures
• Talent management
• Cyber-security
• Rules and regulations