Our senior partners share their insights on what is happening within their regions:
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North American Regional Update – Paul Carman
Whilst current US economic news tends to be generally negative, Paul Carman examines the larger picture to determine the truth behind the headlines read on
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Australasia – Invest in the Best of the West and Avoid the Credit Crunch
By John Symon, Director AsiaPAC
An upbeat look at what is happening in the Australasia region, highlighting how Australia is benefiting from its close geographical proximity to the fast growing Asian markets, making it an attractive proposition to potential investors. read more
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POSITIVE ACTION for times of financial uncertainty
By Mark Edwards, CEO
Mark Edwards explores the positive side of the current financial changes and recommends taking positive action to create prosperity. read on
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European M&A Opportunities
A varied array of opportunities from Europe this month. Whether your plan is to acquire or to be acquired, we are able to assist you read on
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North American Candidates of the Month
The end of summer is an ideal time to hire some really skilled candidates to help power your company to success by the end of 2008. To learn more about these talented individuals
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Boss Index Buzz
For the latest news on what is happening within the industry this month, consult our resident Oracle – read more
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------North American M&A Opportunity of the Month
A number of interesting opportunities this month which may help facilitate your organisation’s strategy of acquiring or being acquired. Please , read on
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Basware to acquire Contempus AS from Afecto
Basware Corporation has agreed on the acquisition of the entire share capital of Contempus AS from Affecto. Contempus provides Purchase to Pay as well as Enterprise Content Management solutions. The fixed acquisition price amounts to NOK 70 (approximately EUR 8.7) million and additional price NOK 15 (EUR 1.8) million at maximum. Both fixed and additional price will be paid in cash on the closing date. Basware finances the acquisition with a bank loan. The acquisition is subject to the approval of the Norwegian competition authorities and the transaction is expected to be closed in 2008, after the necessary approvals from authorities have been received. Read More
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Open Text to Acquire Captaris
Waterloo, Ontario and Bellevue, Washington - September 2008 - Open Text™ Corporation, a global Enterprise Content Management (ECM) organisation, and Captaris, Inc., a provider of software products that automate document-centric processes, have announced a definitive merger agreement in which a wholly owned subsidiary of Open Text will acquire Captaris. Under the terms of the agreement, Captaris shareholders will receive cash consideration of approximately US $131 million in total, or $4.80 per share in exchange for their Captaris stock. The companies expect the transaction to close by the end of the calendar year, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Captaris’s shareholders and anti-trust approvals. . Read More
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Aconex secures AU$107.5 million growth financing deal
Aconex, one of the fastest growing Australian IT companies, has secured private equity funding of AUD$107.5M from leading US-based technology investor Francisco Partners, to expand worldwide growth of its web based document management and collaborative software solutions for the engineering and construction industries. The deal represents one of the largest ever private equity capital raisings by an Australian technology firm. Aconex will allocate this round of funding primarily into product development, acquisitions that broaden the company’s geographic reach and product suite, and entry into new markets. The investment in product development will see the creation of around 50 new positions within the company’s software engineering team. Read More
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SDL Tridion signs partnership agreement with Getupdated
Stockholm, Sweden - August 2008 - SDL Tridion has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Getupdated, one of Sweden's foremost profilers of marketing and infrastructure building on the Internet. The partnership between the two companies creates a bridge between SDL Tridion's Web Content Management System (WCMS) and online marketing management. The partnership's goal is to boost efficiency and profitability in online communications Read More
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Software AG announces the biggest deal in the company’s history
Darmstadt, Germany - September 2008 - The Brazilian subsidiary of Software AG has signed the largest deal in the Group’s history with the largest bank in Brazil, Banco do Brazil. The contract is subject to the conditions applied to all government contracts in Brazil, namely that no third party objections are registered within a defined period. Read More
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Appian and MEGA Unite Best-of-Breed BPM and Enterprise Architecture Software Tools
Vienna, Vancouver and Raynham, Massachussetts - September 2008 - Appian, an innovative global provider of business process management (BPM) technology, and MEGA, a recognized source for enterprise architecture (EA) and business process analysis (BPA) solutions, have announced a partnership to seamlessly join the BPA and EA capabilities of the MEGA Modeling Suite with the Appian Enterprise BPM Suite and the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-delivered Appian Anywhere platforms. The integration creates seamless, coordinated progression from business process analysis to business process management. Read More
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ReadSoft expands its offer for document classification with handwritten recognition from A2iA DocumentReader
ReadSoft and A2iA have signed a global partner agreement which makes ReadSoft the first worldwide supplier of A2iA DocumentReader's "Full Cursive Transcription" technology for handwritten documents as part of ReadSofts' document classification and mailroom automation solution. Read More
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tibco Software reports record third quarter financial results
Palo Alto, California, September 2008 – Tibco Software Inc. has announced results for its third quarter, which ended on August 31, 2008. Total revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2008 was $162.3 million and net income was $11.1 million, or $0.06 per diluted share. This compares to total revenue of $135.1 million and net income of $4.6 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, as reported for the third quarter of fiscal 2007. Total revenue was up 20% and license revenue up 28% year over year. Read More
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Navigant Consulting and Stratify, Inc. formalize strategic partnership to
provide integrated eDiscovery solutions
Chicago and Mountain View, California - September 2008 - Navigant Consulting, Inc., a global consulting firm providing dispute, investigative, operational, risk management and financial advisory solutions, and Stratify, Inc., a subsidiary of Iron Mountain Incorporated and global eDiscovery service provider, have announced that they have formalized a strategic partnership to provide law firms and legal departments with an end-to-end eDiscovery solution for early case assessment and high-productivity review. Read More
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Logica expands its operations in India
Chennai, India - September 2008 - Logica has strengthened its operations in India with the inauguration of its new facility in Chennai, the second centre in India. The facility inaugurated by Andy Green, Global Chief Executive, Logica, and Logica’s Executive Committee, is spread across 120,000 sq ft with the capacity for 1,500 employees. The company has earmarked an investment of around £8 million to accelerate blended delivery and grow its offshore and nearshore centres. It plans to have 8,000 employees in these centres by the end of 2009.
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Oracle and Intel® Collaborate to Accelerate Enterprise-Ready Cloud ComputingCompanies to work on technology and standards to make clouds more efficient and secure
Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, CA – September 2008 - Oracle and Intel Corporation have announced that they are collaborating to help accelerate enterprise readiness of cloud computing and make it more efficient and secure. The companies will also identify and drive standards to enable flexible deployment across private and public clouds. Read More
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Fujitsu to strengthen North American solutions business
Tokyo, September 2008 - Fujitsu Limited has announced that it will reorganize its North American solutions operations as part of its strategy to generate growth in business outside Japan. Beginning October 1, 2008, U.S.-based subsidiaries Fujitsu Consulting Holdings, Inc., Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation and Fujitsu Transactions Solutions Inc. will be brought together under a newly established company, Fujitsu North America Holdings, Inc. The integration of the system platform and services businesses will create new synergies to enhance Fujitsu’s solutions business in the region. The integrated organization will generate approximately $2 billion in annual revenue. Read More
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Capgemini and Success Metrics announce international wealth management
alliance
New York, August 2008 – Capgemini Financial Services USA Inc., a member entity of the Capgemini Group, a provider of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, has announced an alliance with Success Metrics, a financial services analytics solutions provider. The purpose of the alliance is to enhance Capgemini’s wealth management offerings, enabling wealth management firms to deliver a more comprehensive view of their business and drive additional revenue opportunities through intelligent, organic growth. Read More
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------EMC, IBM and Microsoft Jointly Create First Web Services Interface Specification for Greater Interoperability of Enterprise Content Management Systems
Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Armonk, NY and Redmond, Washington - September 2008 - EMC Corporation, IBM and Microsoft have announced a jointly developed specification which uses Web Services and Web 2.0 interfaces to enable applications to interoperate with multiple Enterprise Content Management (ECM) repositories by different vendors. The companies intend to submit the Content Management Interoperability Services specification to OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) for advancement through its rigorous standards development process. Read More
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Arcplan Grows With Multiple New Customers
Langenfeld, Germany - August 2008 - arcplan, an international provider of Enterprise Performance Management solutions, has announced that it has achieved excellent results in the first half of 2008. The company was able to win several prestigious new customers as well as additional orders from existing clients. The success confirms that arcplan’s strategy of driving international growth is bearing fruit, with most of the new business originatingin EMEA, North America and Asia. Read More
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