DEALS

WHO

WITH

WHAT

SCOOP

SSA

E.piphany

SSA buys E.piphany for $329M.

A merger of giants in ERP and CRM software.

Cisco Systems

Sheer Networks

Cisco buys Sheer for $97M.

Cisco gets network mapping and analysis, as its rivals already have.

EMC

Decru, NeoScale, CipherOptics

EMC to resell trio's security gear.

Shows the importance of storage security, considering Decru is owned by Network Appliance.

Sybase

Extended Systems

Sybase buys Extended for $71.3M.

Extended Systems makes middleware and mobile software, which fits right into Sybase's objective.

Black Duck

SourceForge

Black Duck integrates with SourceForge library.

Gives companies quicker and more automated compliance management.

Oracle

Context Media

Oracle buys Context Media assets.

For an undisclosed price, Oracle gets middleware and portal software.

Oracle

i-Flex

Oracle buys 61 percent of i-Flex.

i-Flex, based in India, makes banking industry software.

WebEx

Intranets.com

WebEx buys Intranets.com for $45M.

Big fish buys smaller fish in enterprise collaboration tools and services.

IBM

DWL

IBM buys DWL.

For an undisclosed price, IBM gets customer-data integration software.

Microsoft

iWay

Microsoft buys license for iWay's software.

Gives the software giant the right to use iWay's .Net adapters for BizTalk server.

MCI

Totality

MCI buys Totality.

For undisclosed price, MCI picks up web hosting management know-how.