Red Gate this morning announced that it has acquired Cerebrata, an India-based maker of tools that helps developers build applications that run on Microsoft’s Windows Azure platform. In fact, Cerebrate is not only a Microsoft partner but also one of their BizSpark startups. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we’re told Cerebrata will [...]
Posted on October 27th, 2011 by admin
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Citrix Systems has acquired ShareFile, a cloud storage, file sharing and collaboration solutions provider, the companies announced this morning. ShareFile enables businesses to securely store, sync and share business documents and files, both inside and outside the company, across multiple devices. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. ShareFile CEO, Jesse Lipson, will [...]
Posted on October 14th, 2011 by admin
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NICE Systems this morning announced that it is to acquire UK company Fizzback for approximately $80 million in cash. Fizzback is backed by Advent Venture Partners, Nauta Capital and TAG. Fizzback sends consumers requests for feedback relating to a specific interaction or transaction via mobile, web or social media. The feedback is then analyzed by [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2011 by admin
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Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) this morning announced that it has acquired India’s AppLabs, a provider of software testing and quality management services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition is meant to grow CSC’s applications development and management business as well as extending software testing and quality management services to its clients. [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2011 by admin
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Cisco this morning announced that it has acquired San Francisco startup Versly, a privately-held company that develops collaboration tools that integrate with Microsoft Office applications. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, but all Versly employees will be integrated into Cisco’s Collaboration Software Group (CSG) upon the close of the acquisition. Versly builds plug-ins [...]
Posted on September 5th, 2011 by admin
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Engine Yard, a provider of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, this morning announced it has acquired Orchestra, developer of a platform for deploying, scaling and managing PHP applications. Engine Yard, which is backed by investors like Benchmark Capital, New Enterprise Associates, and Amazon.com, opted not to disclose the financial terms of the acquisition. The San Francisco-based company [...]
Posted on August 23rd, 2011 by admin
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BMC Software this morning announced that it has acquired Aeroprise, which provides a mobility solution for BMC’s Remedy IT Service Management Suite. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. With support for iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry, Android and Windows Mobile devices, Aeorprise’s solution helps enterprises and governments provide rapid access to IT service management functionality on [...]
Posted on July 7th, 2011 by admin
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ANSYS, which offers simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, has agreed to acquire Apache Design Solutions, a simulation software provider for low power solutions in the electronics industry. The purchase price is approximately $310 million in cash. The price includes an estimated $29 million in cash on Apache’s balance sheet. ANSYS [...]
Posted on July 1st, 2011 by admin
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Oracle this morning announced that it has agreed to buy Pillar Data Systems, a privately-held provider of SAN Block I/O storage systems based in San Jose, California, which is said to serve nearly 600 customers across 24 countries. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. An interesting purchase, particularly since Pillar Data Systems is [...]
Posted on June 30th, 2011 by admin
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ThingWorx, which provides a platform for the development of apps connecting people, systems and the physical world, this morning announced that it has acquired privately held, Rochester, NY-based Palantiri Systems, maker of the AlwaysOn software platform. The combination of both companies, ThingWorx posits, will result in a single company that it says will “represent the [...]
Posted on June 29th, 2011 by admin
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