EMC will buy Document Sciences for $85M
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InfoWorld - Storage company EMC has agreed to buy Document Sciences, a developer of software for personalizing mailshots and other communications. The acquisition will allow EMC to extend its offering in the field of transactional content management, which it sees as the fastest-growing part of the enterprise content management market. It plans to incorporate Document Sciences into its content management and archiving division.
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UK publisher Emap has agreed to sell its Irish radio stations to Communicorp Group for 200m euros ($275m; Â£135.3m) in cash.
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EMC today is set to unveil its first software-as-a-service offerings based on technology gained from its recent acquisition of Berkeley Data Systems.
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Ziff Davis - Both EMC and Veritas are building up their respective e-mail archiving offerings through development and acquisition to give customers more stringent control of enterprise content.
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By Patrick Wright, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Feb. 6--CARLSBAD -- First, Document Sciences Corp. wanted to change the  way you feel about financial statements. Now, it wants to make it easier for  workers to read e-mail attachments.
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General Electric and EMC have won a $200 million deal to install electronic image archiving systems in 70 hospitals in the U.K., as part of an effort to centralize communications and modernize technology throughout the national health system.
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After having had its $2.1bn takeover of RSA Security Inc formally approved by the security vendor's shareholders, EMC Corp is rumored to be in the market for Network Intelligence Corp, a supplier of so-called security event management appliances.
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EMC has picked up System Management Arts Inc. (SMARTS) for $260m in a move that builds out the storage giant&#39;s ever-swelling software portfolio.
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Storage company EMC has agreed to buy Document Sciences, a developer of software for personalizing mailshots and other communications. The acquisition will allow EMC to extend its offering in the field of transactional content management, which it sees as the fastest-growing part of the enterprise content management market. It plans to incorporate Document Sciences into its content management and archiving division.Using xPression, Document Sciences&#39; flagship application, companies can automate the creation and delivery of personalized communications such as brochures and contracts. The data can be drawn from CRM (customer relationship management), ECM (enterprise content management) and ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems, it said.Automating the processes can save companies money or speed deals along, Document Sciences said. It has more than 500 customers using its software, it said.Document Sciences and EMC have been partners since 2004, when Document Sciences signed an agreement to integrate its xPression software with EMC&#39;s Documentum platform.Acquiring Document Sciences will allow EMC to further its goal of delivering systems for handling business problems end to end, it said.The xPression software could be useful for companies building transaction-intensive consumer financial applications such as new account enrollment, wealth management, brokerage and claims processing.The acquisition, for $85 million in cash, already has the approval of the companies&#39; boards of directors. Subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of regulators and Document Sciences&#39; shareholders, the companies expect to close the deal by the end of March.EMC went on a buying spree in 2003, buying Legato and&#160;Documentum&#160;and has added around 20 companies since then, including security and encryption company&#160;RSA Security, virtualization specialist&#160;Rainfinity, and other companies such as Acartus,&#160;Captiva,&#160;and&#160;Internosis.
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Bar-code scanning system maker   Metrologic Instruments Inc. MTLG.O said on Tuesday that it   agreed to be bought for about $420 million in cash by its   founder and other investors.
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Microsoft and EMC will offer better integration between EMC's Documentum content management software and Office 2007.
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Data storage firm EMC Corp. said Tuesday it agreed to purchase Smarts Inc., a privately held maker of event automation and network systems management software, for about $260 million in cash.
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EMC announced plans Wednesday to offer 10% of its virtualization software subsidiary in an initial public offering.
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Philips Electronics  said on Friday it is to buy U.S. medical products company Respironics  for $5.17 billion to strengthen its healthcare business.
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Motorola Inc.  on Tuesday said it agreed  to buy Symbol Technologies Inc.  for about $3.9 billion  in cash to expand its enterprise capabilities.
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Motorola Inc. MOT.N on Tuesday said   it had agreed to buy Symbol Technologies Inc. SBL.N, a maker   of bar code and inventory scanning technology, for about $3.9   billion in cash to expand its opportunities with corporate   customers.
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EMC Corp., the Hopkinton-based information storage and management giant, has acquired Dantz Development Corp. of California for just under $50 million.