synopsis: Thoma Bravo and InfoVista, a global leader of service performance assurance, announced that Thoma Bravo and many of InfoVista’s largest shareholders have simultaneously signed an agreement and completed a transaction under which Thoma Bravo has acquired 67.26% of the share capital and voting rights of InfoVista.

synopsis: ASG Software Group has completed the acquisition of Perfman, a provider of high-powered capacity planning and performance management solutions. Headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Perfman offers cross-platform solutions to help companies boost IT service levels, lower costs and gain better business insights.

synopsis: Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity investment firm, has completed the acquisition of LANDesk Software (LANDesk) from Emerson. LANDesk is a global leader in systems lifecycle management, endpoint security and IT service management.

synopsis: CA, Inc. announced that it has completed its acquisition of NetQoS® Inc., a leading provider of network performance management and service delivery management solutions. The addition of the NetQoS' solutions enable CA to offer a robust and comprehensive service delivery and assurance portfolio.

synopsis: Novell, Inc., a leader in Intelligent Workload Management, has completed its previously announced merger, whereby Attachmate Corporation acquired Novell. Novell helps organizations securely deliver and manage computing services across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments.

synopsis: EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Configuresoft, Inc., a leading provider of server configuration, change and compliance management software.

synopsis: Asseco Germany SA, in which Asseco holds 99.97% of the share capital and the same voting interest, signed an agreement for acquisition of shares in company update4u Software AG. Asseco's subsidiary Matrix42 AG will merge with Update4u Software, AG.

synopsis: VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, announced it has completed the acquisition of B-hive Networks, a privately-held application performance management software company with headquarters in San Mateo, California, and principal R&D facilities in Herzliya, Israel.

synopsis: CA, Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of privately-held Nimsoft, Inc.--a leading provider of IT performance and availability monitoring solutions for emerging enterprises and Managed Service Providers (MSPs)--for $350 million in an all-cash transaction.

synopsis: Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that it has acquired Exor Corporation. Exor information modeling software provides for the management and operations of linear networks for infrastructure, including roads and railways.

synopsis: TIBCO Software Inc. announced that it has acquired privately-held DataSynapse, Inc. in a cash transaction valued at approximately $28 million. DataSynapse is a leader in enterprise grid and cloud computing software with a strong roster of more than 100 Financial Services and Telecommunications clients.

synopsis: BMC Software announced it has acquired privately held MQSoftware, a leader in the middleware management and enterprise application transaction management markets.

synopsis: IBM announced it has completed the acquisition of Worklight, a privately held Israeli-based provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets. Worklight will become an important piece of IBM's mobility strategy, helping clients dramatically reduce mobile application time to market, cost and complexity.

synopsis: TEOCO Corporation, a market leader in providing cost, routing and revenue management solutions to leading communications service providers worldwide, announced the successful acquisition of TTI Telecom, an Israel based global supplier of Service Assurance solutions to communications service providers.

synopsis: Dell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, to significantly extend its desktop virtualization offerings. Wyse will expand Dell’s desktop virtualization capabilities and provide new solutions and services opportunities for the full range of Dell’s enterprise offerings.

synopsis: TIBCO Software Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of LogLogic, Inc., a privately held company based in San Jose, California, that offers one of the industry's leading scalable log and security management platforms specifically designed for the enterprise and cloud.

synopsis: Quest Software, Inc. has acquired VKernel, a privately held virtualized infrastructure operations management provider based in Boston, Mass. VKernel, a leading provider of capacity management products for virtualized data centers and cloud environments, will continue to operate as an independent subsidiary of Quest.

synopsis: Citrix Systems announced it has closed the acquisition of RingCube, a leader in user personalization technology for virtual desktops. When combined with a desktop virtualization product like Citrix XenDesktop®, RingCube makes it easier for IT to give each user a personalized virtual desktop, and dramatically reduces the cost of storage.

synopsis: Liquidware Labs Inc., the market leader in virtual desktop and application assessment and diagnostics, announced that they have acquired Entrigue Systems, a privately held company based in Atlanta, GA that develops enterprise-level user profile and configuration management solutions for VDI and traditional Windows desktops.

synopsis: Host.net, a multinational provider of colocation, network transport and transit services, announced the addition of cloud computing services through the acquisition of virtualization solutions provider Fairway Consulting Group of Boca Raton, Florida.

synopsis: Thoma Bravo and InfoVista, a global leader of service performance assurance, announced that Thoma Bravo and many of InfoVista’s largest shareholders have simultaneously signed an agreement and completed a transaction under which Thoma Bravo has acquired 67.26% of the share capital and voting rights of InfoVista.

synopsis: InfoVista the leading service-centric performance management software vendor, has finalized the acquisition of France-based, privately held Accellent, whose application-centric network monitoring solutions are used by large international organizations to ensure the delivery of mission-critical and revenue-generating services.

synopsis: LANDesk Software, a global leader in systems lifecycle management, endpoint security and IT service management, announced the acquisition of Managed Planet. The company has unique technologies in the areas of IT asset management, business to business connectors, hardware discovery, reporting and asset analytics.

synopsis: Dell Inc. announced it has finalized its acquisition of SonicWALL, Inc., a leader in advanced network security, secure remote access, email security, backup and recovery, and management and reporting. The SonicWALL acquisition expands Dell’s security software and services portfolio.

synopsis: Archipelago Learning, a leading subscription-based, software-as-a-service provider of education products, announced that it has completed its merger with PLATO Learning, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, LLC, in an all-cash transaction.

synopsis: Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, has completed the acquisition of Telestream®, the leading provider of video transcoding and digital media software solutions. Headquartered in Nevada City, Calif., Telestream has 160 employees and operations in Virginia, Sweden and Germany.

synopsis: Thoma Bravo and InfoVista, a global leader of service performance assurance, announced that Thoma Bravo and many of InfoVista’s largest shareholders have simultaneously signed an agreement and completed a transaction under which Thoma Bravo has acquired 67.26% of the share capital and voting rights of InfoVista.

synopsis: Blue Coat Systems, Inc., a leading provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Thoma Bravo, LLC. The investor group includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan through its private investor department, Teachers' Private Capital.

synopsis: PLATO Learning, a leading provider of online education solutions for kindergarten through adult learners, announced that it is acquiring Educational Options, Inc. (EdOptions™), an award-winning education technology firm based in Falls Church, Va., to enhance its comprehensive portfolio of education solutions.

synopsis: Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, through its private investment department, Teachers’ Private Capital, announced that it has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Flexera Software, a leading provider of strategic Application Usage Management solutions.

synopsis: Sterling Investment Partners, a leading Westport, CT based, private equity firm, announced the closing of the acquisition of Excelligence Learning Corporation, a leading developer, manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of educational products and supplies for child care programs, preschools, elementary schools, and consumers.

synopsis: Thomson Reuters has officially acquired Manatron following regulatory clearance in the U.S. and Ukraine. Manatron is a provider of property tax automation and land registry software for governments and municipalities around the world, and was acquired from Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity firm.

synopsis: Tripwire, Inc. a global leader in IT Security and Compliance Automation solutions, announced that leading private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Tripwire, Inc. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Tripwire has over 5,700 customers in 94 countries, serving 46% of Fortune 500 companies.

synopsis: Funds advised by Apax Partners, one of the world's leading private equity firms, with a strong heritage of technology investment, announced that they have completed the acquisition of Activant Solutions Inc., a leading technology provider of ERP and point-of-sale software serving mid-market retailers and distributors.

synopsis: Manatron, Inc. has announced that it has acquired International Land Systems (ILS), Inc. ILS provides land management and land administration software systems and professional services to government clients in the U.S. and internationally, as well as private sector and non-governmental organization (NGO) clients worldwide.

synopsis: UPS announced an agreement to sell its UPS Logistics Technologies unit to Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm. The company was founded in 1983 as Roadnet Systems Corporation and was acquired by UPS in May 1986.

synopsis: Hyland Software has purchased privately held Computer Systems Company, Inc. (dba The CSC Group), a provider of business and clinical healthcare software and document conversion services. The CSC Group's offerings include revenue cycle management solutions, a fully integrated ultrasound reporting and imaging product, and data conversion services.

synopsis: Hyland Software has purchased privately held Hershey Systems, a provider of Web-based ECM solutions focused primarily on the higher education market. The acquistion makes Hyland one of the largest enterprise content management (ECM) software suite vendors in the higher education market.

synopsis: Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity investment firm, has completed the acquisition of LANDesk Software (LANDesk) from Emerson. LANDesk is a global leader in systems lifecycle management, endpoint security and IT service management.

synopsis: Manatron, Inc., a global leader in integrated property tax and records management software for state and local governments has announced its acquisition of Grapevine, Texas-based Beyond Appraisal. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

synopsis: SonicWALL, Inc., a leading provider of IT security and data backup and recovery solutions, announced that it has completed its merger with affiliates of an investor group led by Thoma Bravo, LLC, which includes the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan through its private investor department, Teachers' Private Capital.

synopsis: Vision Solutions, Inc., a provider of disaster recovery, and data management solutions, has completed the acquisition of Double-Take Software, Inc., a provider of data protection solutions.

synopsis: Advent International, one of the world's leading global private equity firms, today signed an agreement with Lloyds TSB plc to acquire its subsidiary Lloyds TSB Registrars for a total consideration of £550 million ($1.1 billion), subject to completion and other adjustments.

synopsis: TradeMaven LLC and eLocal today jointly announced they have merged the two firms to form TradeMaven Group LLC (TMG). The merger is one of the most significant in the online trading industry, combining TradeMaven's leading technology for online trading with eLocal's exceptional retail and institutional execution and brokerage services.

synopsis: TeleCheck Services, Inc., a subsidiary of First Data Corp., today announced that it has acquired substantially all the assets of ClearCheck, Inc., a full-service provider of return check management systems for major retailers and supermarkets across the United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: International Monetary Systems, Ltd., a worldwide leader in business-to-business barter services, today announced that it has purchased the assets and client base of Kansas Trade Exchange (KTE), located in Wichita, KS. The transaction will become effective on September 30, 2007.

synopsis: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announces that it has acquired 9,790,280 shares in London Stock Exchange plc for a price of 1,218 pence per share. The consideration represents approximately GBP 119.2 million (c. US$ 219.4 million).

synopsis: The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. announced that it will complete its acquisition of Brut LLC, the owner and operator of the Brut ECN, from SunGard Data Systems Inc. SDS for a total consideration of $190 million in cash.