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Monday, Jun 30 2008

Oracle is stepping up their game through the acquisition of two new software companies that will enhance their enterprise content management offering in very specific industries. Some say it may finally put them in front of the pack of big boys like IBM and EMC. But how will this new offering stack up against rival Interwoven?

Thursday, Jun 19 2008

Concluding a partnership that has lasted over 15 years, XyEnterprise, provider of XML-based content management systems has announced that it has brought XSystems into the fold permanently through acquisition. The acquisition will result in the creation of a new business unit focusing on editorial tools development, standards expertise and consulting services and a new set of tools for the Contenta product suite.

Ovidius GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of XML-based Content Management Systems on the European Market, recently acquired EasyBrowse EP-Service GmbH. An established developer of solutions for electronic publishing, which aims to meet the special needs of publishing houses and the publishing industry, EasyBrowse is poised to expand Ovidius’ portfolio as supplier of end-to-end solutions for creating, managing and publishing technical documentation.

Monday, May 19 2008

The worlds of integrated marketing and content management come a little bit closer as Alterian, a provider of integrated marketing announces it intent to acquire web content management vendor Mediasurface. What does a marketing company want with a content management company? Well to offer a fully integrated product suite of course.

Friday, May 16 2008

It’s a secret how much it cost them exactly, but Comcast officially confirmed it has acquired Plaxo, the social content and address book provider. What are the plans for the Plaxo within giant cable company and how will the lives of Comcast and Plaxo users be enriched?

Tuesday, Apr 22 2008

Microsoft, who has been on quite the buying spree as of late, confirmed its purchase of Seattle-based airfare prediction and travel site Farecast earlier this month for what is believed to be around US $115 million.

Monday, Apr 21 2008

Six Apart has just announced the creation of Six Apart Media and Six Apart Services divisions. The real news here is the Media bit. The Media operation is an advertising network — not unlike Federated Media — that will open up to participation from some percentage of the blogosphere, regardless of what technology the typing monkeys are using. As part of the news, 6A have nabbed NYC-based consultancy, Apperceptive. The acquisition forms the basis of Six Apart Services, which is really not about traditional consulting services, rather it’s about helping bloggers monetize and grow their properties, while 6A Media gets a long term cut.

Hey, hey, look what they’ve done…it’s Vox flipped inside out.

Friday, Apr 18 2008

Video sharing site Vidavee, most famously known for working on video integration with The Huffington Post, has been acquired by enterprise CMS provider Vignette. This move comes after a large demand by Vignette’s customers to provide rich media integration.

The announcement also comes fresh off the heels of Vignette’s announcement of their Web Experience Platform.

Monday, Apr 7 2008

Polopoly, a Swedish CMS provider has been acquired by UK based Atex, a technology solutions provider for media companies. The move comes after a year long search by Atex for a content management vendor. Atex plans to use Polopoly’s Content Manager to boost their Digital News and Advertising program.

The Swedish company Episerver, one of the world’s fastest growing providers of Web Content Management (WCM) platforms, has made the strategic investment of acquiring Netstar, enabling Episerver to offer its clients a Web Content Management solution with an integrated community component.

Thursday, Apr 3 2008

HP has taken a dip into the acquisitions market with its recent purchase of Tower Software, an Australian Enterprise Content Management Provider. But they don’t call it an ECM acquisition – rather it’s a deal that will help HP expand its reach into the ediscovery and compliance software market.

Friday, Mar 28 2008

Giunti have a pretty impressive track record when it comes to educational materials - in 1841, Alessandro and Felice Paggi set up the printing and publishing company Giunti Editore in Florence, specialising in the publication of school textbooks and books for children and young people.

Giunti have continued in the same tradition up to the present day, but with modern refinements, and Giunti Labs is now one of Europe’s leading e-learning and mobile content management solution providers.

So it is interesting to hear that Giunti Labs has acquired the Australian federated digital repository system HarvestRoad®.