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Dan Yachin
Research Director, Emerging Technologies, IDC Israel

Dan Yachin is a research director in IDC's EMEA Emerging Technology group, where he provides market analysis on new technologies. His coverage includes start-up companies in the EMEA region, and the activities of more established vendors in the relevant software and hardware industries. Yachin takes special interest in infrastructure software, integration software, security, storage, enterprise applications and application development, and basic research.

Prior to joining IDC, Yachin spent several years as editor of the technology section of Globes, Israel's only daily business-oriented newspaper. During his time there he covered the local venture capital industry, the Israeli and U.S. start-up scene, and the R&D and M&A activities of multinational technology companies operating in Israel. Before that, Yachin served as editor of various technology magazines in Israel.

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Qiagen Acquires Ingenuity Systems for Big Data Bioinformatics
Dan Yachin, Daniella Muallem
May 2013 - Doc # lcIL24108813      IDC Link
Qiagen, a provider of biological sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing and pharmaceutical and academic research, announced it has acquired Ingenuity Systems for $105 million on Monday, April 29th. Californ ...
CA Ramps Up Its DevOps Offering with the Acquisition of Nolio
Dan Yachin, Melinda-Carol Ballou
Apr 2013 - Doc # lcIL24084313      IDC Link
On March 25th it was announced that CA Technologies acquired DevOps player Nolio. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but according to reports, it is estimated at $42 million. Founded in 2006 in Israel, Nolio raised more than $7 million in ...

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1Q13 Tech M&A and IPO Analysis Report
Dan Yachin, Oren Raviv, Daniella Muallem, Efrat Drori
May 2013 - Doc # 241018      Market Analysis
This IDC study provides an overview and analysis of M&A deals in 1Q13 across all major sectors of the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, including enterprise IT infrastructure, telecommunications, enterprise applica ...
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M&A Tech Deals Database, 1Q13
Dan Yachin, Oren Raviv, Ryan Patterson, Daniella Muallem, Efrat Drori
May 2013 - Doc # 241006      Pivot Table
This IDC Pivot Table tracks every M&A and IPO deal in IT for 1Q13. Data tracked includes acquiring company, target company, market, region, deal value, vertical industry, and deal notes. The accompanying sister document, 1Q13 T ...
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