Deals

SAP has purchased business intelligence vendor Pilot Software for an undisclosed sum. The newly acquired functionality will sit on top of the NetWeaver platform, thus allowing SAP customers to integrate their applications into it, Sanjay Poonen, senior vice president and general manager of analytics...

Verint Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Witness Systems for $27.50 per share in an all-cash deal that will total roughly $1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter, pending approval by regulators and Witness Systems stockholders. The combined pro...

Avaya on Thursday made two related announcements: the acquisition of enterprise mobility software maker Traverse Networks; and a new product strategy centered around unified communications. Avaya's unified communications solutions give corporate users easy access to all of their communications appli...

Sage Software, the U.S. subsidiary of UK parent Sage Group, has acquired Corum, a privately held software consulting and development company that specializes in mobile CRM technology. Sage has partnered with Corum for several years, integrating the Canada-based firm's mobile platform with the SalesL...

Oracle has agreed to buy Siebel Systems in a deal worth US$5.8 billion, continuing an acquisition spree that began with the controversial takeover of PeopleSoft and has included a number of smaller companies since. Oracle said the deal would make it the world's top vendor of CRM software, surpassing...