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Author: Brenon Daly

Brenon Daly oversees the financial analysis of the Market Insight and KnowledgeBase products at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, having covered more than a quarter-trillion dollars' worth of deal flow for both national publications and research firms.
A strategic start to 2024
Tech Trends

A strategic start to 2024

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Brenon Daly

Buoyed by a pair of blockbuster prints, tech M&A spending in January rebounded to its highest monthly level in a year and a half. The…

Tech M&A Outlook Survey: A historic bust-to-boom reversal in 2024?
Business Trends

Tech M&A Outlook Survey: A historic bust-to-boom reversal in 2024?

Posted on February 22, 2024February 21, 2024 by Brenon Daly

As painful as the post-pandemic tech M&A slump has been, the market has found the bottom and is set to rebound sharply in 2024. That’s…

M&A Outlook: What if tech isn’t so special?; Telcos hanging up on infosec?
Cybersecurity

M&A Outlook: What if tech isn’t so special?; Telcos hanging up on infosec?

Posted on February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 by Brenon Daly

What if tech isn’t all that special? What if companies aren’t automatically worth the inflated birthright premiums lavished on certain markets? What if the recent…

Doing just fine, untransformed
Digital Transformation

Doing just fine, untransformed

Posted on October 13, 2022October 12, 2022 by Brenon Daly

Maybe “digital transformation” wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. In its first run-in with a post-pandemic downturn, the trend that almost singlehandedly lifted…

Infosec spending: Holding up in a downturn
Cybersecurity

Infosec spending: Holding up in a downturn

Posted on July 29, 2022July 8, 2022 by Brenon Daly

Even in a downturn, information security spending is still holding up. Budgets for other tech sectors and even general corporate expansion may be facing cuts,…

M&A Still Running Hot
Business Trends

M&A Still Running Hot

Posted on January 4, 2022December 21, 2021 by Brenon Daly

Spending on tech M&A in November 2021 hit its highest total since summer, elevating this year’s astonishing, already-record level to even loftier heights. Led by…

Maybe Artificial Intelligence Isn’t All That Smart
AI

Maybe Artificial Intelligence Isn’t All That Smart

Posted on December 27, 2021March 21, 2022 by Brenon Daly

Zillow’s costly decision to close the door on its algorithm-powered house flipping division shows, once again, that trying to build a business around artificial intelligence…

Listed and Loaded: Tech M&As are Coming in Hot
Business Trends

Listed and Loaded: Tech M&As are Coming in Hot

Posted on October 29, 2021October 27, 2021 by Brenon Daly

Even if not every company can be a tech company, any company can still buy a tech company. And that’s exactly what they are doing…

The Rise of the Machines
Business Trends

The Rise of the Machines

Posted on September 30, 2021October 15, 2021 by Brenon Daly

In the early locked-down days of the pandemic, US businesses worried about finding enough customers to buy their products. Now, in a sign of how…

Tech’s Hotspot Becomes COVID-19 Hotspot
Tech Trends

Tech’s Hotspot Becomes COVID-19 Hotspot

Posted on July 7, 2020July 9, 2020 by Brenon Daly

California has always been the tech industry’s hotspot. Unfortunately, it is now turning into a coronavirus hotspot, too. The Golden State is currently reporting near…

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