CRN Deal Tracker, Week of June 12, 2006
Here's a snapshot of merger-and-acquisition activity in the IT channel during the previous week:
Target: Netivity Solutions
Buyer: NetTeks Technology Consultants
Date: June 9, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Solution provider
Netivity, a Microsoft and Cisco partner based in Waltham, Mass., provides advanced infrastructure and information security solutions. NetTeks, an SMB-focused IP telephony solution provider, will grow from $10 million to about $50 million with this acquisition.
Target: Dynamic Process Solutions Inc.
Buyer: EADS North America Inc.
Date: June 8, 2006
Deal Status: Closed
Channel Significance: Solution provider
Dynamic Process Solutions is based in O'Fallon, Ill., with offices at various Air Force bases around the country. It specializes in commercial off-the-shelf consulting and management support services for military and commercial customers.
Target: Metreos Corp.
Buyer: Cisco Systems
Date: June 8, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Vendor with channel program and a VAR provider
Metreos develops IP communication software for voice and data integrators, VARs, communications systems and application service providers.
Target: Audium Corp.
Buyer: Cisco Systems
Date: June 8, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Vendor with channel program
Formerly Phone2Networks, Audium develops VoiceXML, software that voice-enables applications for carriers, enterprises and web-enabled businesses.
Target: nLayers Inc.
Buyer: EMC Corp.
Date: June 7, 2006
Deal Status: Closed
Channel Significance: Vendor with channel program
The nLayers appliance autonomously discovers and maps relationships among applications located on different servers. This acquisition expands EMC's product portfolio into a new arena.
Target: Preventsys Inc.
Buyer: McAfee Inc.
Date: June 6, 2006
Deal Status: Closed
Channel Significance: Vendor with channel program
This acquisition expands McAfee's product portfolio into the risk management and regulatory compliance aspects of network security management.
Target: Collective Technologies Inc.
Buyer: MTI Technology Corp.
Date: June 6, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Solution provider
MTI, a $147 million solution provider, has offered to acquire Collective Technologies, which offers IT consulting services in computer systems management and distributed computing environments, for cash and stock valued at $12.32 million. Collective Technologies' client list includes Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Sun, IBM, Amazon.com, Red Hat, and other well-known giants.