Saturday January 11, 2025

HP Continues Shopping Spree; Buys Database Automation Company Stratavia

A week after purchasing Fortify, HP has made a purchase today, acquiring Stratavia, a database and data center automation company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stratavia develops and markets database, server and run book automation software which helps customers reduce the cost of operating their enterprise environments. The software is designed to control […]

Hey, Big Spender – MasterCard Buys DataCash For $520 Million In Cash

Credit card juggernaut MasterCard has agreed to acquire DataCash Group in a bid to drive its e-commerce payment expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and Australia. U.S.-based MasterCard, which makes money from processing credit and debit card payments on its network, said it would pay 360 pence per share for the British processor of Internet […]

Private Investment Firm Buys Phoenix Technologies For $139 Million

Marlin Equity Partners, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm with over $1 billion of capital under management, has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of core systems software company Phoenix Technologies common stock for $3.85 per share in cash, or approximately $139 million in total consideration. The purchase price represents a premium of approximately 27% […]

IBM Buys Marketing Software Company Unica For $480 Million

Only days after buying DataCap, Big Blue has made another purchase. IBM is acquiring marketing software giant Unica approximately $480 million, or approximately $21 per share. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2010. Unica, a publicly held company that traded on the Nasdaq exchange, develops an enterprise marketing management software […]

Adobe Buys Swiss Company Day Software For $240 Million

Adobe is strengthening its product portfolio with its intention to acquire Swiss firm Day Software, which makes Web content management systems aimed at marketers. Adobe announced an all-cash tender offer for Day’s shares. The purchase price is approximately $240 million. Many of Adobe’s products, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, are used already to create marketing […]

IBM Buys Web Analytics Software Maker Coremetrics

IBM is jumping into the web analytics software space with the acquisition of San Mateo, CA company Coremetrics. With the purchase, IBM intends to expand its business analytics capabilities with Coremetrics’ cloud-based delivery platform, which enables companies to gain real-time insight into consumer interactions internally through social and other online media networks to increase the […]

Consolidation In IT Services Land: NTT DATA Buys Intelligroup For $200 Million

Japanese IT services juggernaut NTT DATA is acquiring US-based Intelligroup for approximately $199 million in cash, followed by a second-step merger to acquire all remaining shares at the same price paid in the tender offer. NTT DATA, through subsidiary Mobius Subsidiary Corporation, will make an offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Intelligroup common stock […]

Markit Buys Website And Application Developer Wall Street On Demand

Financial information services giant Markit this morning announced that it has agreed to acquire Wall Street On Demand, a company that has specialized in the design, development and hosting of financial services websites and applications. Wall Street On Demand is based in Boulder, Colorado, has over 350 employees and claims to provide its services to […]

VMware’s SpringSource Buys Data Management Company GemStone

SpringSource (which VMware acquired last year) is buying GemStone Systems, a company that provides enterprise data management solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. GemStone’s flagship product is GemFire Enterprise, a scalable, distributed data platform that dynamically puts data where it is needed across a network to remove latency. Other GemStone products include GemFire […]

Oracle Buys Healthcare Software Firm Phase Forward For $685 Million

Enterprise giant Oracle will acquire healthcare software firm Phase Forward for $685 million. Of course, this is small change compared to Oracle’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, which was approved recently. The deal is expected to close mid-year in 2010. Phase Forward’s software is used by drug companies for clinical trials. The company’s software […]