Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy Exostar, a Herndon, Va.-based provider of cloud-based business collaboration platforms for aerospace and defense, health care and life sciences industries, for an undisclosed sum.

The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have given antitrust clearance to Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo for the private equity firms’ $4.5 billion acquisition of information technology company SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI). Both agencies gave their notice Friday to end the required 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of …

A partnership of private equity firms Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire Austin, Texas-based information technology management software company SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) for an estimated $4.5 billion in cash, or $60.10 per share. SolarWinds said Wednesday Silver Lake and Thoma Bravo expect to close the acquisition in the first quarter of 2016, …

Provider of enterprise software and information solutions Deltek Inc. (Nasdaq:PROJ) has reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Thoma Bravo, LLC for $1.1 billion in a cash transaction. According to a Deltek statement, its stockholders will receive $13 cash for each share of stock when the transaction closes in …

David Murphy, chairman of the board of directors at information technology firm Riverbed, has been appointed to succeed outgoing CEO Paul Mountford on an interim basis.

Deltek has agreed to acquire public-sector market intelligence provider Onvia (Nasdaq: ONVI) for approximately $70 million in cash, or $9.00 per share. Both companies expect to complete their combination in the fourth quarter of 2017 and Deltek said Thursday the deal will expand the firm’s GovWin IQ information product offerings for government contractors. The transaction price …

McAfee has officially launched as a stand-alone cybersecurity firm after Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) completed the spinoff of the latter’s security business through an approximately $4.2 billion deal with private equity firm TPG. Chris Young, a senior vice president and general manager at Intel, will serve as CEO of McAfee and Bryan Taylor, a partner …

Sarasota, Florida-based industrial and technology conglomerate Roper Technologies  (NYSE: ROP) has wrapped up its acquisition of Deltek for $2.8 billion. Roper completed the transaction three weeks after it agreed to purchase Deltek from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Roper said Wednesday it funded the deal with cash on hand, funds under its credit facility …

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‎Sarasota, Fla.-based industrial and technology conglomerate Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP) has agreed to purchase software and information product provider Deltek for $2.8 billion from private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Roper said Tuesday it expects to complete the transaction before the year’s end and will fund the deal through its existing …