CRN Deal Tracker, July 10 - August 10, 2006
Target: FileNet Corp.
Buyer: International Business Machines Corp.
Date: August 10, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Vendor with a partner program
This is the third software-related acquisition that IBM has announced in the past week. The acquisition is expected to boost IBM's competitive edge against EMC Corp. in the market for corporate content management. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.
Target: MRO Software Inc.
Buyer: International Business Machines Corp.
Date: August 3, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Vendor with a partner program
IBM intends to establish MRO Software's operations as a business unit within IBM's Tivoli Software unit led by general manager Al Zollar. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006.
Target: Mercury Interactive Corp.
Buyer: Hewlett-Packard Co.
Date: July 25, 2006
Deal Status: Announced
Channel Significance: Vendor with a partner program
Once the deal in consummated, Mercury will become part of HP's software business and both companies' sales forces will begin reference-selling each others products. The deal is expected to increase the size of HP's software business to more than $2 billion in annual revenue.
Target: Winternals Software LP
Buyer: Microsoft Corp.
Date: July 18, 2006
Deal Status: Closed
Channel Significance: Vendor with a channel program
Winternals provides Windows-based enterprises with systems recovery and data protection solutions in addition to a freeware tools Website called Sysinternals. Microsoft cites the acquisition of Winternals as a significant advance in its promise to lower customers' TCO of the Microsoft Windows platform.
Target: BlackSpider Technologies Ltd.
Buyer: SurfControl plc
Date: July 13, 2006
Deal Status: Closed
Channel Significance: Vendor with a channel program
SurfControl will add BlackSpider's on-demand email and Web security service to its portfolio, allowing it to satisfy the growing demand for managed security solutions among its client base. Pursuant to the transaction, BlackSpider CEO John Cheney will become responsible for SurfControl's Managed Service Security Portfolio
Target: Praxis Software Solutions Inc.
Buyer: SAP AG
Date: July 10, 2006
Deal Status: Closed
Channel Significance: Vendor with a channel program
The acquisition of Praxis will allow SAP to introduce new e-commerce and Web-based capabilities to SAP Business One, enabling small and midsize enterprises to set up online stores more easily and deploy CRM software quickly and easily via the Web.