| Total Acquisitions | 8,030 |
| Total Acquisition Amount | $3.51B |
| Total Exit Price | $1.57B |
| Cisco | 155 |
| Microsoft | 126 |
| 126 | |
| IBM | 109 |
| Hewlett-Packard | 86 |
| Yahoo! | 79 |
| Oracle Corporation | 74 |
| AOL | 58 |
| EMC | 55 |
| Intel | 50 |
| Date | Target | Acquirer | Price |
| 2/97 | NeXT Computer | Apple | N/A |
| 3/97 | Sandcastle | Adobe Systems | N/A |
| 3/97 | Telesend | Cisco | N/A |
| 3/97 | Vital Technology Pte Ltd | Hewlett-Packard | N/A |
| 4/97 | Verifone | Hewlett-Packard | N/A |
| 4/97 | WebTV Networks | Microsoft | N/A |
| 4/97 | Fleishman-Hillard | Omnicom Group | N/A |
| 6/97 | Skystone Systems | Cisco | N/A |
| 6/97 | Global Internet Software Group | Cisco | N/A |
| 6/97 | Ardent Communications | Cisco | N/A |
| 6/97 | PROLIN | Hewlett-Packard | N/A |
| 6/97 | Cooper & Peters | Microsoft | N/A |
| 6/97 | LinkAge Software | Microsoft | N/A |
| 6/97 | Palm | 3Com | N/A |
| 6/97 | Travel Channel | Paxson Communications | $75M |
| 7/97 | Maxis | Electronic Arts | $125M |
| 7/97 | Chips and Technologies | Intel | N/A |
| 8/97 | VXtreme | Microsoft | N/A |
| 9/97 | Net Controls | Yahoo! | $1.4M |
| 9/97 | HyWay Ferranti | Adobe Systems | N/A |
| 9/97 | DigiDox | Adobe Systems | N/A |
| 9/97 | American Radio Systems | CBS | N/A |
| 9/97 | DAGAZ Technologies | Cisco | N/A |
| 9/97 | Corollary | Intel | N/A |
| 9/97 | Dayna Communications | Intel | N/A |
