Two mergers highlight e-commerce trends
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In 2 stock deals, 4 business to business software integrators are merging. Vignette Corp., Austin, TX, is buying OnDisplay Inc., San Ramon, CA, for $1.7 bil. WebMethods Inc., of Fairfax, VA, will exchange $1.3 bil in shares for control of Active Software Inc., Santa Clara, CA . The companies are combining to better serve their customers' desire for one shop to handle systems integration both internally and externally. As more businesses handle transactions over the Internet, they seek a seamless handoff of data between their computers and the computers of their suppliers and customers.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2000
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Dragon Systems sputters after Belgian suitor fails
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The founders of Dragon Systems, Janet and James Baker, are trying to reclaim the company they built from Lernout & Hauspie, the firm that acquired it only to file for bankrupcty less than a year after the merger, its principals charged with stock manipulation and falsification of documents.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2001
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Autodesk is planning to reacquire its spinoff, Buzzsaw.com
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Autodesk Inc is planning to reaquire Buzzsaw.com Inc. Two years after Autodesk spun out Buzzsaw, it has decided to save the Internet company from the devastation of the "dot-com" economy by buying it back again.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2001
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