synopsis: Five9 has acquired Eco NN, a Russia-based company with 60 development staff focused on developing VoIP and call center applications. The acquisition of Eco NN was completed in September. All engineers at the company are now working on Five9’s Virtual Call Center product and will continue to reside in the Five9 Russia.

synopsis: LSI Logic Corporation and Agere Systems Inc. have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will be combined in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $4.0 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Agere shareholders will receive 2.16 shares of LSI for each share of Agere they own. Based on the cl

synopsis: Brussels-based depository Euroclear has signed an agreement to acquire the UK's EMXCo, a provider of electronic messaging technology that automates the dealing and settlement of mutual funds. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: Halo Technology Holdings, Inc. has completed the acquisition of Gupta Technologies, LLC from Platinum Equity.

synopsis: Wind River Systems, Inc., the global leader in Device Software Optimization has acquired the intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks and associated product rights for RTLinux, the software industry’s only commercially-available, patented, hard real-time Linux technology developed by Finite State Machine Labs, Inc.

synopsis: Cisco Systems Inc., maker of networking and communications products, is buying approximately an 80 percent stake in Nuova Systems for $50 million. Nuova, based in Santa Clara, Calif. and founded by former Cisco executives, develops next-generation data systems.

synopsis: Clerity Solutions, Inc. has acquired Sun Microsystems' mainframe rehosting business. On June 30, 2006, Clerity acquired the intellectual property assets and hired Sun employees directly involved in the mainframe rehosting solution business.

synopsis: CA announced that it has completed its acquisition of Wily Technology, a leading provider of enterprise application management solutions, for $375 million in an all-cash transaction.

synopsis: SAP AG announced that it has completed the acquisition of Sybase, Inc. As a result of this transaction, customers will be able to better harness today's explosion of data and deliver information and insight in real time to business consumers wherever they work so they can make faster, more informed decisions.

synopsis: VMware, Inc. and EMC Corporation, the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for VMware to acquire certain software products and expertise from EMC's Ionix IT management business.

synopsis: Aperture, the leading global provider of software for managing the physical infrastructure of data centers, has announced the completion of its acquisition by Emerson, effective March 25, 2008. This follows shareholder approval of the acquisition proposal first announced on February 25, 2008.

synopsis: Oracle Corporation announced that it had received approval of the European Commission and subsequently completed its acquisition of BEA Systems, Inc.

synopsis: Enea a world leading provider of telecom software and services, has acquired Swedish QiValue Technologies, a leading provider of Linux solutions. The acquisition will bolster Enea’s Linux expertise, strengthen its software offering, and increase Enea’s ability to offer Embedded Linux solutions.

synopsis: Smith Micro Software Inc., a developer and marketer of a wide range of software and services for the wireless market, today announced it has acquired Allume Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of International Microcomputer Software Inc.

synopsis: DCSD is the business unit of Diebold, Incorporated dedicated to campus card and housing management systems for colleges and universities.

synopsis: Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), a global supplier of application infrastructure software used to develop, deploy, integrate and manage business applications, today announced the successful completion of its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of NEON Systems, Inc., by a subsidiary of Progress.

synopsis: Shah Capital Partners, a technology private equity firm, announced today that it has acquired Ingenient Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of embedded multimedia software solutions for delivering video, audio and data on a range of platforms.

synopsis: Iron Mountain Incorporated today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Marlborough, Mass.-based LiveVault Corporation. LiveVault is a leading provider of disk-based online server backup and recovery solutions for small and mid-size businesses and for corporations with remote offices.

synopsis: HP today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Trustgenix, Inc., a leading provider of federated identity management solutions. Upon the closing of the acquisition, HP plans to integrate Trustgenix and its software solutions into the HP OpenView management software portfolio.

synopsis: Oracle announced additions to its best-in-class identity management suite designed to meet the diverse needs of organizations across all industries. With the acquisition of OctetString, a leading provider of virtual directory software, Oracle has significantly strengthened its portfolio of industry-leading identity and access management products.

synopsis: Five9 has acquired Eco NN, a Russia-based company with 60 development staff focused on developing VoIP and call center applications. The acquisition of Eco NN was completed in September. All engineers at the company are now working on Five9’s Virtual Call Center product and will continue to reside in the Five9 Russia.

synopsis: Five9 has acquired Eco NN, a Russia-based company with 60 development staff focused on developing VoIP and call center applications. The acquisition of Eco NN was completed in September. All engineers at the company are now working on Five9’s Virtual Call Center product and will continue to reside in the Five9 Russia.

synopsis: MarketResearch.com, Inc, the leading source of market research reports and services, today acquired MindBranch, Inc., its chief competitor in the market research report aggregation space.

synopsis: Ipsos Co-Chairmen Jean-Marc Lech and Didier Truchot today announced the acquisition of the Chinese market research company, Guangdong General Marketing Research Company Ltd. (GDMR).

synopsis: The McGraw-Hill Companies MHP today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of J.D. Power and Associates, a leading provider of marketing information to consumers and businesses worldwide. Terms were not disclosed.

synopsis: MCG Capital Corporation MCGC today announced that it has acquired the assets of Kagan World Media, a media, communications and entertainment research firm based in Carmel, CA.

synopsis: Enova Medical Technologies announced its merger with CJ Olson Market Research Inc., a leading Minneapolis-based market research company. By joining the two companies, Enova adds market research expertise to its full range of manufacturing services for medical device companies.

synopsis: Market Force Information, Inc., a leading global customer experience information company, announced the acquisition of Speedmark Information Services, a national mystery shopping provider and industry leader in marketing information services. Speedmark complements Market Force’s first acquisition, Shop’n Chek Worldwide.

synopsis: Questex Media Group, Inc. and InfoTrends, Inc. announced that the two have signed a definitive merger agreement. This agreement is subject to the approval of the shareholders of InfoTrends, and is expected to close by the end of September, when InfoTrends will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Questex.

synopsis: Veronis Suhler Stevenson has acquired a "significant" stake in Market Strategies Inc., a market research firm with $45 million in annual sales that plans to grow by making add-on deals and offering new services.

synopsis: Harris Interactive has acquired Decima Research, a leading Canadian research firm. Decima Research is a privately-held, full-service, public opinion and market research firm headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

synopsis: Market Strategies, Inc., a leading full-service custom and syndicated market research firm, announced that it has merged with Doxus, a custom research firm specializing in the technology sector. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

synopsis: Opinion Research, an infoUSA® Company announced the acquisition of NWC Research, an Asia Pacific research company based in Australia, with offices in Singapore and Malaysia. NWC Research will join Opinion Research’s market research group, expanding the company’s research presence in the Asia Pacific market.

synopsis: Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group announced the merger of Latin Force LLC, a Hispanic marketing strategy firm, with Geoscape International Inc., the leading multicultural consumer intelligence and data analytics company. UIG is a substantial investor in Latin Force Group, the merged entity. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

synopsis: MarketResearch.com, the leading source for market research information and services, further broadened its product and service offerings by acquiring the Thomson Business Intelligence (TBI) Market Research (Profound(R)) service.

synopsis: Sedulo Group, a New York-based competitive intelligence firm, will merge its practice with Perspicacite de Strategie of Paris.

synopsis: Research International, the world leader in custom market research, announced the acquisition of TRU (Teenage Research Unlimited), the leading research company in the youth market. Over the course of 25 years, Northbrook, IL-based TRU has built an unparalleled understanding of the teen market.

synopsis: Ipsos announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the Synovate business. Synovate is a global market research firm that generates insights to help clients drive competitive brand, product and customer experience strategies.

synopsis: Integreon, the global leader in integrated knowledge process outsourcing (KPO), announced the acquisition of Grail Research, a global strategic research and decision support firm headquartered in Cambridge, Mass.

synopsis: British marketing research group Taylor Nelson Sofres admitted defeat in its bid battle with Martin Sorrell's WPP Group on Monday, recommending its shareholders accept the deal on offer. WPP made a 1.14 billion pound ($2 billion) hostile bid for TNS in July and has secured acceptances of support from 61 percent of TNS shareholders.

synopsis: Forrester Research, Inc. has acquired JupiterResearch, LLC, and its parent company, JUPR Holdings, Inc., from MCG Capital Corporation for $23 million in cash plus assumed liabilities, subject to post-closing adjustments, in a strategic purchase that complements Forrester’s syndicated business model.

synopsis: The BDRC Group, the UK’s largest independently owned market research agency, today announces its acquisition of Continental Research from its US owners, Arbitron Inc., for an undisclosed sum.