3. CSC

Target company: eBECS

Headcount: 201-500 employees

Annual revenue: Not disclosed

Purchase price: Not disclosed

Date of announcement: Nov. 7

Systems integration giant CSC has taken a minority stake in eBECS Ltd., the 2016 Microsoft Partner of the Year for the United Kingdom.

As part of the investment, Chesterfield, U.K.-based eBECS will provide Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions within the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, North America and other areas of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. eBECS will also be licensed as an exclusive delivery partner for CSC's global Microsoft practice.

Tysons, Va.-based CSC, No. 8 on the CRN SP 500, said the investment in eBECS would provide the local depth and global reach needed to service Microsoft-centric projects and the company's clients worldwide.