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Subject: Internet Mergers and Acquisitions
Category: Computers > Software
Asked by: mattstrand-ga
List Price: $20.00
Posted: 21 Nov 2005 11:56 PST
Expires: 21 Dec 2005 11:56 PST
Question ID: 595867
I'd like to get a list of mergers and acquisitions in the software and
internet sectors for 2005 and 2004, including target, acquirer and
deal size if possible.

For instance:

Siebel / Oracle: $5.8B
Flickr / Yahoo: Undisclosed

etc.

Thanks!
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Subject: Re: Internet Mergers and Acquisitions
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 21 Nov 2005 12:21 PST
Rated:4 out of 5 stars
 
Hello Mattstrand,  

Mergers and Acquisitions

eWEEK's Special Report on Mergers and Acquisitions provides the
precise information you?re asking about.
http://www.eweek.com/category2/0,1874,1607993,00.asp


Here are some examples of the information provided:

FrontRange Solutions Inc., which develops both customer relationship
management and IT service management software, announced Friday it has
been acquired by Francisco Partners.
It has agreed to acquire all of FrontRange's outstanding shares for
about $200 million.
November 4, 2005 
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1882088,00.asp


EMC Corp. is adding to its information archiving arsenal again, this
time by acquiring Acartus Inc., an enterprise report management
vendor.
October 26, 2005
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1877860,00.asp


VeriSign Buys Security Firm iDefense for $40M
July 2005
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1837061,00.asp


Computer Associates on Monday announced that it is buying Tiny
Software, a desktop firewall software maker, for an undisclosed sum.
June 27, 2005  
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1831954,00.asp


Network Appliance agreed to purchase privately held Decru on Thursday
for about $272 million in cash and stock. The acquisition is expected
to close in October.
June 16, 2005 
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1828936,00.asp


WAN optimization leader Packeteer Inc. jumped into the mergers and
acquisitions frenzy Wednesday when it announced its acquisition of
protocol acceleration provider Mentat Inc. for about $16.5 million in
cash.
December 22, 2004  
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1745086,00.asp


Search terms used: 
Listing Internet Mergers and Acquisitions Siebel  Oracle


I hope the information provided is helpful!


Best regards,
Bobbie7
mattstrand-ga rated this answer:4 out of 5 stars
This is a very good link, i appreciate it.  thanks for your prompt
answer, sorry i've been long in replying.

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