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McLean-based DISYS to acquire Florida staffing company
McLean-based global managed services and staffing firm Digital Intelligence Systems LLC (DISYS) has signed an agreement to acquire Signature Consultants LLC, an IT staffing, consulting and managed solutions company headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, DISYS announced Wednesday. Exact financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, but the deal creates a company with 8,500 employees [...]
Genworth kills long-delayed $2.7B acquisition
Henrico County-based Fortune 500 insurer Genworth Financial Inc. announced Tuesday that it has formally terminated its long-delayed $2.7 billion acquisition by China-based Oceanwide Holdings Group Co. Ltd. The news follows a Jan. 5 announcement by Genworth that it was putting a hold on the deal, first announced in 2016. At the same time, the company […]
The Brink’s Co. purchases largest private ATM services provider for $213M
Henrico County-based The Brink’s Co. has purchased PAI Inc., the largest privately held ATM services provider in the nation, for $213 million, the company announced Tuesday. The closing date was April 1, and the acquisition was financed using available cash and Brink’s existing credit facility, according to a news release. Brink’s, which offers secure cash […]
Chantilly IT firm acquired by N.C. company
A year shy of its 30th anniversary, Chantilly-based IT services provider SolutionWorx has been acquired by WingSwept, a B2B tech services company based in Garner, North Carolina, the companies announced. The deal, which became effective March 31, will allow the managed IT service providers to grow, and provide SolutionWorx with the resources of a larger […]
CarMax to acquire remaining stake in Edmunds
Goochland County-based used car giant CarMax Inc. announced Thursday that it had signed an agreement for full ownership of vehicle research website Edmunds.com Inc. in a cash and stock deal. In January 2020, CarMax invested $50 million to acquire a minority stake in Santa Monica, California-based Edmunds. CarMax, a Fortune 500 company, will acquire the […]
Virginia National Bank finalizes merger with Fauquier Bank
The parent company of Virginia National Bank announced the completion of its merger with Fauquier Bankshares Inc. today, creating a combined bank with $1.7 billion in assets and $1.5 billion in deposits as of Dec. 31, 2020. The merger, announced in October, brings together Charlottesville-based Virginia National Bankshares Corp. and the Warrenton-based parent company of […]
Reston-based SOC Telemed buys Texas telehealth practice for $194M
Reston-based SOC Telemed Inc. announced this week it has purchased Texas-based medical practice Access Physicians for $194 million in cash and stocks. The acquisition will create the largest acute care telemedicine provider in the United States. According to SOC Telemed, the combined company is estimated to have earned $107 million to $113 million in pro […]
IFS purchases Axios Systems
Global enterprise software company IFS announced last week that it had agreed to buy Axios Systems PLC, a Scottish IT company whose North American headquarters is located in Herndon. Terms of the acquisition, expected to be complete in the second quarter, were undisclosed. IFS said March 22 that its acquisition of Axios, which provides cloud-based […]
MWAA sells facial recognition system to Pangiam
VeriScan, a facial-recognition system developed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, has been sold to Alexandria-based Pangiam, a security and travel services provider, the company announced Friday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More than 40 airlines use veriScan’s traveler verification system, which is an integrated biometric facial recognition program that debu[...]
Chantilly cell tower B2B biz acquired by California company
Chantilly-based SmallCellSite.com has been acquired by California’s Digital Locations Inc., a developer of 5G cell tower sites. The completed acquisition was announced on March 2. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition means that Digital Locations now has 80,000 prequalified wireless cell sites. SmallCellSite has nonexclusive agreements with site owners all over [[...]
CDW Corp. purchases Norfolk-based Amplified IT
Norfolk-based education consulting firm Amplified IT has been purchased by CDW Corp., an Illinois-based Fortune 500 technological services provider, CDW announced Tuesday. Founded in 2008, Amplified IT focuses on the K-12 and higher education markets and is Google’s leading K-12 services partner. CDW offers its services to education customers as well as business, government and […]
Vt. company buys Ashburn bioscience tech firm
Williston, Vermont-based bioscience software company MBF Bioscience announced last week it has acquired Ashburn-based Vidrio Technologies. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Vidrio Technologies provides microscope control software and hardware for laser scanning while MBF Bioscience provides microscope-based image analysis tools to researchers. “Vidrio has a pipeline fu[...]
