Thinning ranks of text analytics vendors may be thinning even more

On the heels of Reuters' purchase of ClearForest, the remaining text analytics vendors may be looking to pair up. And there's no shortage of potential suitors for Inxight and Attensity. Who's heading the list?

TDM/ Sector IQ, 11 May 2007
Brenon Daly
Nick Patience

SAP buys OutlookSoft to strengthen competitive position in performance management

The ink has barely dried on Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion Solutions and now archrival SAP has made its own performance management move by announcing plans to acquire Hyperion competitor OutlookSoft.

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 11 May 2007
Krishna Roy
Brenon Daly

VMware: Here's a company that could virtually reboot demand for software IPOs

Virtualization superstar VMware has filed its S-1 and plans to offer 10% of its class A common stock – but if the suddenly enriched founders leave, will the juggernaut they created maintain its unprecedented momentum?

TDM/ Debut IQ, 4 May 2007
Rachel Chalmers
Brenon Daly

Reuters picks up text analytics partner ClearForest

Outbidding another suitor, Reuters lands ClearForest. Who else is interested in text analytics – and who else is for sale?

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 4 May 2007
Nick Patience
Brenon Daly

VMware's stealth acquisition deserves a Proper ovation

The market has long known of VMware's close partnership with the UK-based workspace virtualization vendor Propero, and of Propero's tight integration with VMware's ESX server product. What's not clear is when VMware bought Propero, and for how much.

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 4 May 2007
Rachel Chalmers

Tibco finally makes analytics move, buying Spotfire for $195m

Tibco is the first middleware vendor to make an aggressive move into business intelligence with its $195m bid for Spotfire; but how well will the companies' technologies fit?

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 4 May 2007
Dennis Callaghan
Krishna Roy

Are more ECM acquisitions on the horizon for EMC?

Since its landmark $1.8bn acquisition of Documentum in October 2003, enterprise content management has been central to EMC's software strategy. Will the company make further buys to complete the vision?

TDM/ Acquirer IQ, 27 Apr 2007
Kathleen Reidy

Business Objects cements performance management credentials with $300m Cartesis buy

Consolidation in the performance management sector marches on with Cartesis the latest pure play to be acquired by Business Objects. How does this deal compare to Oracle's $3.3bn purchase of archrival Hyperion Solutions?

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 27 Apr 2007
Krishna Roy
Brenon Daly

Having closed its PE-style deal for Manugistics, should JDA now go private?

JDA doubled its maintenance fees when it picked up struggling Manugistics last year, and now the company plans to do more shopping. But doesn't a debt-fueled rollup of slow-growing software vendors make more sense behind closed doors?

TDM/ Post-Merger IQ, 27 Apr 2007
Brenon Daly

SDL moves into WCM with Tridion buy

Consolidation continues in the content management world. SDL is an unexpected entrant, though combining its translation management software with Tridion's WCM makes good sense.

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 27 Apr 2007
Kathleen Reidy

Red Hat rounds out JBoss SOA story with MetaMatrix data services buy

Red Hat is looking to apply its flexible open source approach to data access, services and SOA with help from MetaMatrix and its federated data services layer, but will this win it developers and customers?

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 27 Apr 2007
Jay Lyman
Krishna Roy
Dennis Callaghan

ASG bolsters content management offering with Mobius deal

Building on an earlier content management acquisition, ASG picks up Mobius for $211m. How will Mobius, which was never fully embraced by Wall Street, fare in the private software 'conglomerate'?

TDM/ Deal Analysis, 20 Apr 2007
Brenon Daly
David Yockelson
Kathleen Reidy