DEALS

WHO

WITH

WHAT

SCOOP

Alcatel

Lucent

Alcatel and Lucent agree to merge

The new telecom giant, without a name so far, will be worth $13.4 billion from the start.

EDS

Mphasis

EDS buys 52% stake in Mphasis

Electronic Data Systems paid $380M for this controlling share in an Indian outsourcer.

Red Hat

JBoss

Red Hat buys JBoss for $350M

Red Hat expands into the open-source middleware business, and thereby becomes a much more powerful competitor against Microsoft and Novell.

Oracle

Portal Software

Oracle buys Portal Software for $220M

Oracle gets into the billing software industry.

Comverse

Netcentrex

Comverse buys Netcentrex for $164M

Comverse gets IP services and telephony software.

Compuware

SteelTrace

Compuware buys SteelTrace for $20M

Compuware gets a product line for helping companies set technical requirements.

Microsoft

ProClarity

Microsoft buys ProClarity for an undisclosed amount

Microsoft gets data analysis and visualization products.

SAP

Virsa Systems

SAP buys Virsa Systems for an undisclosed amount

SAP gets software for regulatory compliance and risk management.

Coremetrics

IBM

Coremetrics buys IBM's SurfAid product for an undisclosed amount

Coremetrics gets IBM's hosted analytics service.