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DealsDirect - October 2025: Explore IT Companies For Sale
DealsDirect by IT ExchangeNet is the #1 place for finding acquisition targets in lower-middle market IT Services and Digital Marketing space. Businesses that are listed are being represented by IT ExchangeNet and are for sale. Explore the companies today.
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4 hours ago3 min read


How to Make Your MSP Irresistible to Buyers
As consolidation increases across tech-enabled businesses, buyers are now weighing other multipliers alongside EBITDA. The buyers are seeking “operational maturity.” Operational maturity is the measure of a business to function without the business owner, grow, and integrate with a new organization.
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Aug 272 min read


BuyersDirect August 2025: Find IT Business Buyers
BuyersDirect gives you exclusive access to vetted, motivated buyers from IT ExchangeNet’s trusted buyer network. Connect with serious buyers for one-off business sale opportunities, without paying advisor fees. Our team helps you explore selling your business quickly, efficiently, and on your terms.
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Aug 156 min read


You Can't and You Won't Sell Your Business in 2025
You can't and you won't sell your business in 2025. This will soon be a reality. The average M&A timeline in IT spans five to eight months, and as we move through summer, the window to close a transaction in 2025 is narrowing.
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Jul 252 min read


Scaling Smart With M&A: First-Time Buyers of Microsoft Companies
Introduction: The Role of M&A for Microsoft Partners For Microsoft partners, M&A is a calculated move to accelerate growth, enhance...
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Jul 193 min read


BuyersDirect July 2025: Qualified Buyer Profiles
Find qualified buyers for your business using BuyersDirect. BuyersDirect is an inside look at real buyers from IT ExchangeNet's buyer network. Contact our team to connect for one-off opportunities with Buyers and explore the sale of your business without advisor fees.
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Jul 156 min read


DealsDirect - July 2025: IT Companies For Sale
Find IT companies for sale using DealsDirect from IT ExchangeNet. The July 2025 edition brings a new digital transformation services company, a managed service provider, and more assets to the market. Submit your NDA and start your acquisition today.
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Jul 153 min read


2025 Mid-Year M&A Report: Navigating a Dynamic IT and Digital Marketing Landscape
As we reach the midpoint of 2025, IT ExchangeNet is proud to release our comprehensive 2025 M&A Mid-Year Report, offering valuable insights into the evolving mergers and acquisitions market within the IT services and digital marketing sectors. This report is essential reading for business owners, buyers, and sellers looking to understand the forces shaping the lower middle market today.
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Jul 142 min read


Merging Businesses Without Derailing Operations
The ink is dry, the deal is done, and the press release is out. But as any seasoned M&A leader knows, the real work, and the real risk, now begins. In the IT Services and Digital Marketing sectors, integration is where value is either realized or eroded. Here’s how to ensure your deal delivers on its promise.
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Jul 93 min read


Ensuring Integration Success After the Deal
Mergers and acquisitions are transformative opportunities for growth, innovation, and market expansion. Yet, behind the headlines, the reality is sobering: 60% of M&A deals fail to achieve their intended goals, with integration missteps cited as the primary culprit. Why do so many promising deals falter after the ink dries? The answer lies in how organizations approach post-M&A integration.
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Jun 303 min read


Jason Hinton Joins IT ExchangeNet Advisory Board
IT ExchangeNet is pleased to welcome Jason Hinton to its Advisory Board. With more than two decades of leadership experience in the Microsoft partner ecosystem, Jason brings deep insight into the intersection of enterprise technology, cloud services, and strategic channel development.
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Jun 102 min read


DealsDirect - May 2025: IT Companies for Sale
The May 2025 edition of DealsDirect demonstrates the strong demand from buyers for IT companies. With all current assets being oversubscribed or under LOI, you can find new assets coming to market soon by clicking "View Full PDF Listing". DealsDirect is the monthly asset newsletter of IT ExchangeNet. IT ExchangeNet has over 25 years of experience, facilitating 260+ M&A transactions in the IT Sector.
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May 143 min read


Selling Your Business: Why It's More Complex Than Selling Your Home
Selling a business is like selling a house. There are surface-level similarities between selling your house and business. An agent helps you list it, you see offers, there’s due diligence, and a closing. But claiming they are the same is like saying the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees are alike because they both play baseball. Technically true. Practically? It couldn’t be more off.
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May 62 min read


DealsDirect - April 2025: IT Companies for Sale
Business owners and Private Equity investors have three primary paths: Buying, Building, or Selling. If you're considering an acquisition, DealsDirect is your source for exploring strategic acquisition opportunities in the mid-market IT Services and Digital Marketing sectors. Our platform exclusively features a curated list of IT ExchangeNet clients actively seeking buyers. This free subscription includes blind asset profiles that are distributed on the 15th of each month.
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Apr 154 min read


BuyersDirect - March 2025: Find Buyers and Investors for Your IT Business
Find one-off opportunities with qualified buyers in our database using BuyersDirect — a highlight of global buyers seeking IT businesses.
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Mar 155 min read


DealsDirect - March 2025: Find IT Businesses for sale
DealsDirect is a consolidated listing of IT ExchangeNet clients by category. This free subscription includes blind asset profiles that are d
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Mar 153 min read


BuyersDirect - February 2025: Find IT Business Buyers and Investors
Find one-off opportunities with qualified buyers in our database using BuyersDirect — a highlight of global buyers seeking IT businesses.
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Feb 175 min read


DealsDirect - February 2025: IT Businesses for sale
DealsDirect is a consolidated listing of IT ExchangeNet clients by category. This free subscription includes blind asset profiles.
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Feb 173 min read


The Top IT and Digital Marketing M&A Deals of 2024
In 2024, IT ExchangeNet successfully closed deals across the IT sector, including Managed Service Providers (MSP), Value-Added Resellers (VA
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Feb 112 min read


2025 M&A Trends in the IT Sector
2024 saw significant changes and growth in the M&A space, particularly within the technology sector. Tech mergers and acquisitions continue
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Jan 282 min read
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