source: CIO magazineWe round up the biggest technology industry mergers and acquisitions of the year so far Last year marked a slight decrease in global technology M&A activity from the blockbuster year that was 2018 – when SAP bought Qualtrics for $8 billion, IBM acquired Red Hat for a staggering $33 billion and Broadcom picked up CA Technologies for $18.9 billion in cash. As of the end of Q3 2019, technology M&A deals worth $245 billion had been announced globally, marking a decrease of 25% year-on-year according to GlobalData. Which mergers and acquisitions does 2020 have in store? If January alone is anything to go by, there will be no slowing…