Saturday January 11, 2025

D2 Technologies Buys Android TV Box Maker Webia

D2 Technologies, which markets embedded IP communications software platforms, has acquired Webia Technologies through an all-stock transaction. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, with development centers in Taiwan and Shanghai, China, Webia was one of the first software vendors to introduce set-top box media player platforms based on Google’s Android OS. Webia recently unveiled what it claims […]

Avaya Buys Conference Phone Maker Konftel For $15 Million

Avaya, a provider of business collaboration software and services, this morning announced it has acquired Konftel, which specializes in audio collaboration technology and is a leading conference telephone manufacturer. Avaya coughed up $15 million in cash for the company, and hopes the acquisition will enable it to broaden its portfolio of desktop to conference room […]

Sales Performance Management Software Maker Callidus Buys ForceLogix For $3.75M

Callidus Software, which markets Sales Performance Management (SPM) software solutions, has announced its intent to acquire all of the assets of its technology partner ForceLogix. Through the acquisition, Callidus says it gains a solid sales coaching and talent development technology platform, and the ability to extend its footprint to provide the most comprehensive offering of […]

Teradata Buys Marketing Automation Software Company Aprimo For $525M

Teradata is to acquire Aprimo, a cloud-based integrated marketing software maker, for approximately $525 million including the assumption of roughly $25 million of cash at closing. Aprimo delivers a suite of integrated marketing applications to more than 150,000 professionals worldwide, and says more than 36 percent of the Fortune 100 relies on its solutions for […]

EarthLink Buys Telecom Services Company One Communications For $370 Million

EarthLink this morning announced that it will acquire telecom services provider One Communications for $370 million, which includes payment of roughly $285 million of the latter’s net debt. One Comm stockholders have the right to elect to receive the net merger consideration in the form of cash or EarthLink common stock. The merger has been […]

Confirmed: Dell Buys Storage Company Compellent For $820 Million In Cash

Dell has officially announced that it aims to pick up Compellent, a provider of storage solutions with automated data management features for enterprise and cloud environments, for $27.75 per share in cash for each share of Compellent (a total equity value of approximately $960 million). The aggregate purchase price is about $820 million, net of […]

Juniper Buys Virtualization Security Company Altor Networks For $95 Million

Juniper Networks this morning announced it has acquired Altor Networks, a provider of virtualization security technology, for $95 million in cash. Juniper says the acquisition will allow the company to deliver a robust, integrated security architecture that protects both physical and virtual systems. Altor, which has long been a Juniper technology partner, offers a hypervisor-based […]

EMC Buys Enterprise Data Storage Company Isilon For $2.25 Billion In Cash

Enterprise software giant EMC has just acquired Isilon Systems for $2.25 billion in cash or appoximately $33.85 per share. The deal was rumored to be in the works but now it’s official. Isilon is know for its “Scale-out NAS” storage systems, which offer customers a highly scalable, low-cost storage infrastructure for managing “Big Data.” Clients […]

Oracle Buys eCommerce Software Giant ATG For $1 Billion

ATG, provider of eCommerce software and related on-demand commerce optimization applications, this morning announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $6 per share in cash, or approximately $1 billion. ATG’s eCommerce software platform is complementary to Oracle’s CRM, ERP, Retail, and Supply Chain applications, as well as its portfolio of middleware […]

IBM Buys Financial Governance Software Company Clarity Systems

IBM is announcing the acquisition of yet another company today: Toronto-based financial governance software company Clarity Systems. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Clarity Systems’ software allows organizations to automate the process of collecting, preparing, certifying and controlling financial statements for electronic filing with the SEC and other regulatory agencies. The software also […]