The company was listed on TechJournal South's list of the US's most innovative southeast technology firms.
The $546 million deal is a major step in building a EUR1 billion company while at least doubling net income by 2011, says Software AG CFO Arnd Zinnhardt.
In this World Wide Wrap: Greater choice essential, Japan faces Cisco crash, and Sun expands virtualisation.
IBM's $1 billion annual investment in energy-efficiency is vital in the modern age of data centres, it says.
Security will continue to be one of companies' top three priorities, says UCS Solutions.
The Development Bank of Southern Africa has extended its use of the Heat application from FrontRange Solutions.
SonicWALL's TZ 190 offers secure, cost effective alternative to wired Internet access
HP taps into SOA market with new products, while researchers say lack of knowledge limits adoption.
VMware EMEA allies with BMC Software to offer virtualisation solutions.
In this World Wide Wrap: SOA sabotaged, Colubris promises plug-and-play upgrade, and agency uses Pentagon's enterprise architecture.
If companies depart on an RTI programme right now, they can achieve tangible business benefits.
MigrationWare will transfer the Scandinavian Airlines System application from an IBM mainframe to the Windows platform.
Disillusionment is as old as the software industry itself, says a software technology director.