- Software Makers Post Sales Increase on Buys, Launches
Orange County's top software makers used acquisitions and product launches to rebound with a solid sales gain in the past year. The 20 largest software companies with operations in OC reported a 15% gain in sales to $3 billion, according to this week's Business Journal list. The ranking is based ......
- Consolidation in the Technology Sector
After the technology sector boom of the late 1990s went bust, M&A deals in the sector declined. Technology investment is once again on the rise, with both corporate and private equity buyers making acquisition deals in the sector. Start-up companies and evolving business models such as shareware and open source ......
- Solution Provider Is Acquired
Emtex Software Inc., a document workflow and output management solution provider headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. and the United Kingdom, has acquired OPserver, Inc., a developer of enterprise output management systems, including FlexServer products and services. Emtex's primary products include the VIP output management solution and VDE print data-stream manipulation ......
- Network Associates Acquires Secure Networks, Expands
Arsenal Of Security Products
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Network Associates, which has already gobbled up Pretty Good Privacy and Trusted Information Systems, has just signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Secure Networks Inc. (SNI). The acquisition extends Network Associates' network security and management products to include state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment technology. Vulnerability assessment or "security ......
- HITACHI ESTABLISHES DEV CENTER FOR STORAGE MGMT
SOFTWARE IN THROUGH ACQUISITION.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT, TSE:6501) has announced that its Information and Telecommunications Systems Group has concluded a contract to acquire U.S. storage management software developer Comstock Systems Corporation for US$20 million. Following the acquisition, the company's name will be changed to Hitachi Storage Software Incorporated (tentative name) and converted into a ......
- Novell to acquire SilverStream software
Novell, Inc. and SilverStream Software, Inc have announced that Novell has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SilverStream. The acquisition is part of Novell's plan to be a leading force in the commercialization of new Web services. The acquisition is intended to significantly expand Novell's ability to deliver on ......
- Epicor Pays $121M For Software Maker Aimed at Retailers
Irvine business software maker Epicor Software Corp. said last week it bought Newburgh, N.Y.-based CRS Retail Systems Inc. for $121 million in cash. CRS provides software to retailers such as Coach Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc. Epicor bought CRS from Menlo Park-based private equity firm Accel-KKR LLC. Epicor makes ......