DEALS: Cisco spends $48M on IP, XML tools

DEALS

WHO

WITH

WHAT

SCOOP

Cisco Systems

Metreos, Audium

Cisco buys Metreos for $28M, Audium for $19.8M

Cisco gets development and management tools for IP and XML

Mercury Interactive

Vertical Solutions

Mercury buys Vertical for $18.5M

Vertical, not to be confused with Vertical Networks, brings IT service management

Applix

Temtec International

Applix buys Temtec for $14.5M

Applix gets analytical tools for date stores

MTI Technology

Collective Technologies

MTI buys Collective for $12M

Storage reseller MTI gets into the services business

EMC

ProActivity

EMC buys ProActivity for undisclosed amount

EMC fills Documentum holes with business process infrastructure tool

Oracle

Telephony@Work

Oracle buys T@W for undisclosed amount

Oracle gets call center and CRM software used with Siebel

Sybase

Solonde

Sybase buys Solonde for undisclosed amount

Sybase gets data integration and interface management software

VMware

Akimbi Systems

VMware buys Akimbi for undisclosed amount

Akimbi brings testing platform for virtualization