Top 20 Acquisitions for 2012
December 31, 2012 
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| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000,000,000 | NDS Group | Cisco | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 2 | $4,800,000,000 | Hitachi Global Storage | Western Digital | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 3 | $4,300,000,000 | Ariba | SAP | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 4 | $3,300,000,000 | Getty Images | The Carlyle Group | Media | Acquisition |
| 5 | $1,900,000,000 | Taleo | Oracle | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 6 | $1,500,000,000 | Knology | WOW | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 7 | $1,300,000,000 | Jupiter Shop Channel | Bain Capital | Ecommerce | Acquisition |
| 8 | $1,260,000,000 | Nicira Networks | VMware | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 9 | $1,200,000,000 | Meraki | Cisco | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 10 | $1,200,000,000 | Yammer | Microsoft | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 11 | $1,100,000,000 | Deltek | Thoma Bravo | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 12 | $1,000,000,000 | Q9 Networks | BCE | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 13 | $840,000,000 | BrightPoint | Ingram Micro | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 14 | $785,000,000 | So-Net | Sony | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 15 | $775,000,000 | Kiva Systems | Amazon | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 16 | $715,000,000 | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition | ||
| 17 | $689,000,000 | Buddy Media | Salesforce | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 18 | $670,000,000 | Merchant e-Solutions | Cielo | Software & Services | Acquisition |
| 19 | $669,789,500 | TelstraClear | Vodafone | Hardware & Infrastructure | Acquisition |
| 20 | $660,000,000 | SHL | Corporate Executive Board | Marketing | Acquisition |
More information
- Cisco Buys NDS Group For $5B (Silicon Tap)
- WD Completes Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Buy (SoCal Tech)
- SAP Agrees to Buy Ariba in $4.3B Deal (Business Week)
- Getty Images Acquired By Carlyle For $3.3 Billion (Northwest Innovation)
- Oracle Buys Talent Management Solutions Company Taleo For $1.9 Billion (Techcrunch)
- WOW! Buys Knology For $1.5 Billion (Tech Rockies)
- Bain Capital to acquire 50% stake in Jupiter Shop Channel from Sumitomo Corporation (Private Equity Wire)
- VMware Buys Nicira For $1.26 Billion And Gives More Clues About Cloud Strategy (TechCrunch)
- Cisco Acquires Enterprise Wi-Fi Startup Meraki For $1.2 Billion In Cash (TechCrunch)
- Microsoft to Acquire Yammer (Microsoft )
- Why Thoma Bravo Paid $1.1 Billion For Deltek (AOL)
- BCE buying cloud company Q9 Networks for $1B: sources (Financial Post)
- Ingram Micro Completes BrightPoint Buy (SoCal Tech)
- SONY in $785 Million Acquisition of So-Net Entertainment Shares (Cleary Gottlieb)
- Amazon Acquires Robot-Coordinated Order Fulfillment Company Kiva Systems For $775 Million In Cash (TechCrunch)
- Facebook’s final Instagram purchase price: $715 million in cash and stock (The Next Web)
- Salesforce Lines Up Against Oracle On Social Push; Buys Buddy Media For $689M (TechCrunch)
- Cielo Acquires Merchant e-Solutions for $670,000,000 (Xconomy)
- Vodafone NZ buys TelstraClear (New Zealand Herald)
- Corporate Executive Board buys talent analytics firm SHL (Research)