Deal Analysis

Oracle does about-face, announces plans to acquire AmberPoint

Less than two years after terminating BEA's OEM agreement with AmberPoint, Oracle has had a change of heart and reached agreement to acquire AmberPoint, describing its SOA management software as 'best in class.'

8 Feb 2010
Dennis Callaghan

Deal Analysis

Wind River buys partner Virtutech for its virtual prototyping tools

Although now a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel, Wind River is acquiring the company behind the Simics virtual simulation tool, which it already sells and uses internally for embedded software development.

8 Feb 2010
John Abbott

Deal Analysis

SuccessFactors goes Down Under for first purchase to apply BI to HCM apps suite

The SaaS HCM player spent three years in search of its first M&A target before opting for Australian analytics and workflow-planning apps firm Inform Business Impact. Once integration is complete, we expect SuccessFactors to make more strategic purchases.

5 Feb 2010
China Martens
Brenon Daly

Deal Analysis

M&A stirrings in master data management continue as IBM snares Initiate

Hot on the heels of Informatica declaring its intentions to buy Siperian, Big Blue has ended speculation of an MDM deal of its own with the Initiate buy becoming official. We examine the deal, which we don't think will be the last in this sector.

4 Feb 2010
Krishna Roy
Brenon Daly

Deal Analysis

Sybase expands its CEP capabilities with Aleri buy

The acquirer has obtained the assets of the complex-event-processing specialist, adding to the CEP engine technology it licensed from Coral8 in 2009, prior to Coral8's purchase by Aleri.

4 Feb 2010
Matt Aslett

Deal Analysis

PGP buys ChosenSecurity to add an identity component to its data-protection strategy

The advent of cloud has created the need for policy-driven data protection in hybridized environments and a trusted broker between service providers and consumers. ChosenSecurity provides the identity element that PGP needs to pursue the opportunity.

2 Feb 2010
Steve Coplan
Lauren Eckenroth

Sector IQ

Is it time to ride the next wave of storage startups?

Unlike their predecessors, which focused their development on data-protection and storage-optimization technologies, the latest generation of startups is using scalability and server virtualization integration as key selling points.

1 Feb 2010
Henry Baltazar

Deal Analysis

Informatica makes long-anticipated M&A move into MDM, snagging Siperian for $130m

Speculation that the data management veteran would buy its way into MDM has swirled for two years. In reaching for OEM partner Siperian, Informatica gets to take on others in the MDM realm, including IBM and Oracle.

29 Jan 2010
Krishna Roy
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Yahoo: glad for the greenbacks

Back when the search giant picked up HotJobs, it paid in cash and stock. As it now divests the job-listing site, we can only assume that it's glad it pocketed cash as it watches shares of the acquirer sink.

5 Feb 2010
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Will Iron Mountain soon be sipping a Mimosa?

As information has moved from paper to digital, the records management vendor has made the transition with a series of acquisitions. One area that could still use some bolstering is archiving. Something may be coming in that segment, according to rumors.

4 Feb 2010
Brenon Daly
Kathleen Reidy
Simon Robinson

M&A Insight

More than one way to the market

Nearly two years after failing to go public on its own, UPEK thinks it has found a way to get onto the Nasdaq: buy a rival that did manage to get its IPO done. The company that received the unsolicited offer isn't signing off on the plan, however.

2 Feb 2010
Brenon Daly

M&A Insight

Cold settles in on January M&A

Despite an opening flurry of deals, the pace stalled as the month went along. As the stock markets headed south, they took dealmaking with them. It's a worrying trend as we try to put 2009 behind us.

1 Feb 2010
Brenon Daly