It was a busy week for acquisitions large and small, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise's agreement to buy Nimble Storage, and Extreme Networks' deal for Avaya's Networking business. And how big will Comm-Works become once its acquisition of Network Access Products becomes complete? Read about it here.

$1 billion – Cash price Hewett Packard Enterprise has agreed to pay to buy Nimble Storage, the manufacturer of predictive all-flash and hybrid-flash storage systems. HPE said the deal would enable it to offer a full range of flash storage systems for customers of all sizes. The move is expected to strengthen HPE's hand in the highly competitive flash storage systems market against rivals Dell EMC, NetApp and Pure Storage. The overall flash storage market reached $15 billion in 2016, according to market researcher IDC, and is expected to grow to almost $20 billion by 2020.

$89 million – Series C funding secured by networking vendor Cradlepoint, which plans to invest some of it in new channel programs and partner incentives. "We're a 100 percent channel company and fully committed to our partners' success," Ed Walton, vice president of North American channels and alliances for Cradlepoint, told CRN. Additionally, Walton said some of the funding will go toward increased lead generation to help partners grow their market shares and profitability.

320 – Number of employees with global IT services company Comm-Works once its acquisition of Network Access Products becomes complete. The acquisition, announced last week, will give Comm-Works a second 24/7 network operations center, based in Fort Myers, Fla., and some new Fortune 500 customers. The acquisition, whose price was not disclosed, will strengthen Comm-Works' position in an increasingly competitive managed services space.

$100 million – The price Extreme Networks is expected to pay for Avaya's Networking business,  just months after Avaya said it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Extreme Networks CEO Ed Meyercord said he expects Avaya's Networking business to generate over $200 million in annual revenue for his company. "We believe that a sale of our Networking business is the best path forward for all stakeholders," Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy said in a statement. "It provides a clear and positive path for our Networking customers and partners and enables the company to focus on its core … Unified Communications and Contact Center solutions."

25 – Number of U.S. channel partners of cybersecurity vendor RiskIQ. The company wants to add more after announcing an enhanced partner program to help spur delivery of its suite of security offerings, which focus on stopping threats from the web, social media and mobile technology. RiskIQ, based in San Francisco, offers a digital threat management platform for companies to understand digital threats, reduce their digital attack surface, identify direct attacks and mitigate threats. "Most channel partners don't have a full digital threat management solution in their portfolio," Scott Gordon, chief marketing officer at RiskIQ, told CRN. "It's still a greenfield opportunity in many cases. It's a way to not only get new customers, but to re-engage with current customers who are going digital."