The biggest M&A deals in the Australian channel this year (so far)

Dick Smith buys Mac1 for $1

Hogg now heads up Dick Smith’s education business, while the Mac1 brand has begun popping up as dedicated kiosks within Dick Smith storefronts.

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MyMac merges with Monsta

Privately owned $14 million-dollar Mac reseller was acquired by investment firm Broad Investments for $200,000 in cash, 574,149,098 shares and 25 million incentive options.

It was merged with Apple accessory wholesaler Monsta, giving the it access to cheaper accessories. It also merged with managed services provider Mirrus.

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Dialog buys Lynx IT

Lynx IT brought Microsoft Dynamics and Microsoft business intelligence development expertise to Dialog, which is also a major Australian Google reseller as well as an AWS partner.

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Melbourne IT buys Outware Mobile

Melbourne IT bought a 50.2 percent stake in Victorian app developer Outware Mobile – a two-time CRN Fast50 company – for $21.7 million, with an option for a full takeover in the next two years.

If Melbourne IT buys the remaining shares, it would value the company at $67 million.

Outware Mobile was one of around half a dozen CRN Fast50 companies acquired this year.

Pictured: Outware directors Eytan Lenko, Danny Gorog, and Gideon Kowadlo

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Deloitte buys Dataweave

Dataweave, which won the 2014 CRN Fast50 Editors Award, was one of around half a dozen CRN Fast50 companies to be acquired so far this year.

Pictured: Dataweave CEO Norman Weaver

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Shoply acquires eStore

The transaction includes $500,000 cash, $250,000 of shares, plus $1.05 million in incentive payments over the next 24 months. eStore brought 64,000 customers to Shoply's customer database.

eStore was first established in 1991, with City Software – run by Lorenzo Coppa (pictured) – rescuing it from administration in 2000. City Software scored a place on the 2010 CRN Fast50.

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BigAir buys Applaud IT for $1.2 million

Applaud IT was one of around half a dozen CRN Fast50 companies to be acquired so far this year.

Pictured: BigAir CEO Jason Ashton

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Melbourne IT buys Uber Global

The acquisition saw Melbourne IT take on 70,000 customers as well as more than 400 resellers. Uber Global provides direct domain registration, hosting, cloud applications, white label “business” services through channel partners and bespoke cloud solutions.

Pictured: Melbourne IT CEO Martin Mercer.

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Crucial buys AVS Networks, then gets bought out itself

Crucial was one of around half a dozen CRN Fast50 companies to be acquired so far this year.

Pictured: Crucial's David Murray and Adam Krzwda

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Viatek buys Comcity

Pictured: Viatek's Jonathan Salmon with Comcity's Jason Reading

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DWS buys Symplicit for $8.5 million

DWS paid $8.5 million upfront for user experience design company Symplicit, with a performance-based payment up to $6.5 million based on 2015 growth and earnings. The user experience design consultancy cites Telstra as one of its major clients.

Pictured: DWS CEO Danny Wallis

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Grant Thornton buys Consult Point

The deal also included Netsuite reseller C9 Solutions. Consult Point has a number of high profile customers across higher education, including the University of Sydney and Australian Catholic University.

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TechnologyOne buys Icon Software for $10 million

TechOne secured 50 new enterprise accounts in 2014, including local government clients Campaspe Shire Council and Aylesbury Vale District Council in the UK.

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Citadel buys PJA Solutions for $60 million

The deal brought together Citadel’s defence expertise and PJA’s health expertise.

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UXC buys Contiigo

Pictured: The Contiigo team winning Hybris APJ partner of the year

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EY acquires ISD Analytics and C3

EY claimed to be the first professional services firm to offer a predictive analytics solution that models human behaviour.

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Konica Minolta buys Knowledge Partners and Stonebridge Systems

The acquisitions give the two IT firms access to thousands of potential customers across Australia. Konica Minolta has around 100 resellers in Australia and a direct business providing managed print services to education and government clients.

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Infoready buys Adaptic Solutions

Infoready took on three of Adaptic’s data scientists, with Sternson describing their expertise as “mind boggling.”

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KPMG buys First Point Global

Pictured: First Point Global founder John Havers

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Vocus buys Amcom in $1.2 billion merger

Despite overwhelming approval from the boards of Vocus and Amcom, TPG upped its stake Amcom to 15 percent in an attempt to block the merger. The deal went ahead after Vocus and Amcom voted almost unanimously for the merger despite TPG’s interference.

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Vocus acquires data centres for $23.5m

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TPG buys iiNet for $1.56 billion

TPG’s massive takeover of iiNet faced stiff competition when rival bidder M2 came in with a $1.6 billion offer. TPG won out in the end, creating a company with revenues of $2.3 billion and a customer base of 1.7 million Australians.

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