IBM Buys Two Danish Services Firms
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IBM said Tuesday it has acquired a pair of Danish IT services firms as part of its effort to broaden its presence in Scandinavia. As a result of the moves, IBM will add about 3,700 IT staffers to its global head count. Financial terms of ...
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IBM said Wednesday it is expanding its broad SOA (service-oriented architecture) portfolio with the acquisition of AptSoft, a maker of business event processing software.
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IBM on Friday announced it acquired privately held Systems Research & Development (SRD), for an undisclosed amount, to fill out its business intelligence middleware portfolio.
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IBM is buying Solid Information Technology, a maker of high-performance databases and a close partner of IBM rival MySQL.
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IBM  said on Wednesday it is  buying privately held AptSoft Corp to expand its business event  processing software portfolio.
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InfoWorld - IBM boosted its software portfolio for small and medium-size businesses with plans announced Friday to acquire Net Integration Technologies, a software vendor in Markham, Canada.
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IBM (Profile, Products, Articles) said Wednesday that it has sewn up outsourcing deals with two Danish companies valued at more than $1 billion over 10 years, reinforcing its strength in Europe.
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The Danish Tax Authority, (SKAT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a 24-million euro, 3-year services agreement to modernize SKAT's IT systems. IBM will manage the development, operation and maintenance of a digital account for tax transactions between SKAT and Danish businesses.
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PC Magazine - IBM provides software, hardware and services to enable financial services firms to support high-performance computing and grid systems.
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International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday it signed a pair of outsourcing contracts worth more than &#36;1 billion with two Danish companies, continuing the computer giant's push into northern Europe.
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IBM said Wednesday that it has sewn up outsourcing deals with two Danish companies valued at more than $1 billion over 10 years, reinforcing its strength in Europe.
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IBM to acquire NovusCG, a storage technology provider.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has fully acquired Global Value Solutions SA, a Brazilian IT services provider serving the small and medium business market.  Since 2001, GVS has been a joint venture by IBM and Fiat, with each company holding a 50-percent stake.
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IBM Global Services has agreed to sell its Electronic Data Interchange and Business Exchange Services businesses to Francisco Partners, the majority owner of electronic data transmission vendor Global eXchange Services Inc.
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International Business Machines   Corp said on Friday it has agreed to buy in-memory  database software provider Solid Information Technology from  private owners for an undisclosed sum.
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IBM , the world's largest  information-technology company, on Wednesday said it agreed to  buy Internet Security Systems Inc.  for $1.3 billion,  continuing an acquisition drive to fuel growth.
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Microsoft has offered to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer for 6.6 billion Norwegian kroner ($1.2 billion), it said Tuesday.The acquisition will bring Microsoft powerful high-end search technologies to complement its enterprise infrastructure offering, the company said.Microsoft&#39;s recent efforts in the enterprise search market have been aimed at the other end of the market. In November, It introduced two new low-end enterprise search products,&#160;Search Server 2008 and Search Server Express 2008, both based on its SharePoint Server 2007 business productivity platform. It is pitching&#160;Search Server 2008&#160;as a cheap entry into enterprise search, while the Express version is free for single installations.By integrating Fast Search&#39;s products with SharePoint, and drawing on its worldwide network of partners, Microsoft hopes to bring Fast Search&#39;s products to a wider audience, it said Tuesday.It is also counting on Fast Search&#39;s Norwegian research team to bolster its research efforts in Europe. Microsoft has laboratories in Cambridge, England, and in Copenhagen, Denmark.The directors of Fast Search, based in Oslo, have recommended that shareholders accept the offer, which represents a premium of 42 percent over Fast Search&#39;s share price at close of business on Friday. The companies expect the deal to close in the second quarter, subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the holders of at least 90 percent of Fast Search&#39;s shares.Fast Search&#39;s rivals in the market for specialized enterprise search tools include Google, with its Search Appliance; French search company Exalead, and Autonomy, which recently acquired Meridio and Zantaz.Representatives of Fast Search could not immediately be reached for comment.&#160;