Big M&A Latest: Windstream, Star2Star, Avaya

It was a huge start to the year in terms of mergers and acquisitions with channel impact.

Craig Galbraith, Editorial Director

February 10, 2018

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It was a huge start to the year in terms of mergers and acquisitions with channel impact.

Windstream got things started, then Star2Star followed with a big step forward in global unified communications. Avaya announced a purchase just a month after emerging from chapter 11 protection, and rumors of an unusual reverse-acquisition swirled around Dell and VMware.

Also featured here: Polycom, McAfee, Telarus and more.

We break it all down in the gallery below.

Looking for more M&A? Click here to see the biggest channel-impacting mergers and acquisitions from November and December.

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Craig Galbraith

Craig Galbraith

Editorial Director, Channel Futures

Craig Galbraith is the editorial director for Channel Futures, joining the team in 2008. Before that, he spent more than 11 years as an anchor, reporter and managing editor in television newsrooms in North Dakota and Washington state. Craig is a proud Husky, having graduated from the University of Washington. He makes his home in the Phoenix area.

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