CMP Channel and M&A Forum LLC Form Strategic Relationship, Enabling Solution Providers to Match Merger and Acquisition CandidatesNew Channel Tool Advances Effective Business Growth and ManagementPRNewswire-FirstCall MANHASSET, N.Y. and SAN RAMON, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CMP Channel and M&A Forum LLC today announced that they have formed a strategic relationship to offer Solution Providers a new tool that advances effective business growth and management. M&A Forum is an online exchange where buyers and sellers of small and mid-sized IT services and outsourcing companies meet, exchange information and complete transactions. The partnership will also result in shared content and research on the topic of mergers and acquisitions. M&A Forum is a resource for business owners, corporate development executives seeking acquisitions and the intermediaries representing them. M&A Forum matches buyers with sellers, facilitates introductions and supports sellers in developing their company materials in advance of negotiations with buyers. Buyers benefit from faster search capabilities and more choices in the sectors they are interested in, while sellers benefit from access to more buyers, strategic and financial, looking exclusively for their business model and sector. The services of M&A Forum are provided by a team of merger and acquisition professionals with decades of IT merger and acquisition experience. They have worked with hundreds of buyers and sellers, resulting in nearly 70 closed transactions. "CMP Channel recently completed a research study that shows that in addition to Solution Providers accelerating in the mergers and acquisition space the Channel is growing," said Robert Faletra, CMP Channel President. "The research gave us insight into the lack of resources for business owners and corporate development executives seeking acquisitions and the intermediaries representing them. This partnership with M&A Forum offers an online exchange for buyers and sellers of firms in the IT services, IT solutions and outsourcing sectors." Patricia Wegner, President and COO, M&A Forum LLC, added, "We are very excited to expand our business and work with the CMP Channel. Our service is confidential and easy to use. We look forward to facilitating introductions and closing deals for Solution Providers." Solution Providers interested in additional information can visit: http://www.ma-forum.com/cmp About M&A Forum LLC M&A Forum LLC (http://www.ma-forum.com/) is the only online marketplace where buyers and sellers of IT companies meet globally to exchange information and find candidates for mergers and acquisitions. With more than ten years of M&A experience and 25 years of building relationships in the IT sector, the Forum is a marketplace for companies that are ready to merge with a larger company to gain access to new customers and resources or sell and exit a business. It is a community and a marketplace with content that will educate and inform, as well as a guide to other management resources. About CMP Channel (http://www.cmpchannelgroup.com/) CMP Channel is the one stop shop customers turn to in order to meet their global sales channel objectives from access to execution. Through use of its family of channel solutions which include CRN and VARBusiness, the ChannelWeb network, XChange Events and the Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), vendors are able to accelerate sales through the channel. CMP Channel provides a worldwide answer to advertising, branding and marketing services, lead generation, market intelligence, branded and custom events, education of solution providers and best practices for vendors. About CMP CMP (http://www.cmp.com/) is a media and marketing solutions company serving the technology industry. With the leading online, event and print brands in all technology market categories, and with services and tools that reach beyond traditional advertising, CMP shapes and influences the technology industry worldwide. CMP publishes highly respected media brands such as TechWeb, InformationWeek, ChannelWeb, CRN, EE Times and TechOnline; produces major industry events such as Interop, Web 2.0 Expo, XChange, Game Developers Conference and the Embedded Systems Conferences; and provides business information and marketing services such as the International Customer Management Institute, Semiconductor Insights and Second Life consulting for technology marketers. CMP is a subsidiary of United Business Media (http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/), a global provider of news distribution and specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $3 billion. For more CMP news, go to cmp.com/news. Contacts Kate Spellman Patricia Wegner CMP Channel M&A Forum LLC 516.562.7383 925.215.2745 kspellman@cmp.com pwegner@ma-forum.com SOURCE: CMP Technology CONTACT: Kate Spellman of CMP Channel, +1-516-562-7383, Web site: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html |