Following a flurry of big deals at the end of 2004, M&A activity is off to a strong start, with over $144 billion of deal volume in the first 40 days of 2005, which Thomson Financial indicates is the fastest start since 2000. So far the mega deals of 2005 have been largely about...

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As slow economic growth has caused many large organizations to rethink their operational goals, many corporations have been selling off, "spinning out," or winding down underperforming or non-core businesses.

It was roughly two years ago that the term 'Management Service Provider' (MSP) was first coined. Long gone are the days that VCs would back these providers of remote IT infrastructure services with tens of millions of dollars.

There has never been a better time for companies serving the emerging U.S. homeland defense needs to seek venture capital funding. Companies providing products and services that protect and monitor physical and human assets, the backbone of our government's homeland defense initiatives, have seen a tremendous increase in funding levels this year, a trend that should continue in 2003.