Reseller News Join Reseller News Sign up to gain exclusive access to email subscriptions, event invitations, competitions, giveaways, and much more.Sign up now Noteworthy tech acquisitions so far in 2021 In 2020, global technology M&A deals amounted to $634.1 billion, an increase of 91.8 per cent year-on-year. Can 2021 match that for blockbuster activity? Credit: Dreamstime Amid the coronavirus, 2020 was unpredictable in more ways than anyone would have expected. But one thing that stayed fairly constant was the steady flow of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across the tech sector. Global tech M&A deals last year totalled $634 billion, a 91.8 per cent year-over-year increase, according to GlobalData. Among a late flurry of big deals was the $35 billion acquisition of Xilinx by Advanced Micro Devices and Salesforce's $27.7 billion acquisition of Slack.