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Berkery Noyes has released its Software Industry M&A trends report for the first quarter. Within the niche software classification, which is software designed to be used by specific vertical industries, software targeted to financial firms was one of the most active segments. The largest related deal for the quarter was Vista Equity Partners’ announced acquisition of Misys, a… View Article

Berkery Noyes has released its Information Industry M&A trends report for the first quarter. The report is defined by Berkery Noyes as covering all Media and Marketing, Software, and Online and Mobile companies. According to James Berkery, Chief Information Officer at Berkery Noyes, “there is a market need for software solutions that are capable of deconstructing… View Article

One of our prior posts discussed Oracle’s announced acquisition of Taelo for $1.9 billion and SAP America’s acquisition of SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion. Two recent Online & Mobile transactions illustrate how companies involved with human resources technology, especially cloud-based, are seeking to grow through acquisition.  Last week, Saba Software acquired HumanConcepts. Saba delivers HR enterprise solutions through the… View Article

There continues to be M&A interest pertaining to Internet-based (i.e. cloud security) software. In this post, we’re highlighting three recent transactions. The companies that were acquired offer either cloud based and/or Software-as-a Service (SaaS) cyber security solutions in the space. This week, TrustWave Corp. announced its acquisition of M86 Security. According to TrustWave, one of the key objectives… View Article

There have been several recent software mergers and acquisitions in the bank technology segment.  The largest by far was Misys’ announced merger with Temenos Group, a provider of banking software systems to a diverse array of financial institutions, for approximately $2 billion. However, just today, Temenos was granted an additional four weeks by a UK… View Article