synopsis: Dassault Systèmes, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management solutions, announced the signing of an acquisition agreement for Realtime Technology AG (RTT), the leading provider of professional high-end 3D visualization software, marketing solutions and computer generated imagery services.

synopsis: Accesso, the premier technology solutions provider to the global attractions and leisure industry, announced that it has acquired Siriusware, a leading North American provider of ticketing and point-of-sale (POS) software and hardware solutions to the leisure industry, with particular strength in the ski and snow sports sector.

synopsis: MOBI Wireless Management, a Gartner recognized provider of Mobility Management Services, and Bluefish Wireless, a Mobility Management provider, announced that they are executing a merger agreement. The combination of MOBI and Bluefish Wireless will further solidify the combined entity in becoming the leader in Mobility Management Services.

synopsis: Untangle, Inc., a network software and appliance company, announced the purchase of privately-held eSoft. The deal, structured as an asset purchase, furthers Untangle's aggressive acquisition strategy and expands its reach in the SMB market.

synopsis: German pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland said it will buy all of Constantin Sport Holding's TV production company PLAZAMEDIA. PLAZAMEDIA is one of the leading producers of sports TV in the German-speaking markets, providing production services for more than 1,000 soccer matches for Sky Deutschland each year.

synopsis: Southern Capital Fund III, a fund of Southern Capital Group, a Southeast Asian private equity firm, made a conditional offer to acquire Help International Corporation Bhd. The HELP Group consists of five main education institutions.

synopsis: Transcontinental Media and Sun Media Corporation, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, announced that they have signed an agreement under which the 74 Sun Media community papers and associated web properties in Quebec will be acquired by TC Media. Sun Media Corporation is the second largest newspaper publishing company in Canada.

synopsis: StudioCanal has ramped up its TV series business with the acquisition of a majority stake in Red Production Company. The company produces short movies and dramas for television channels in the United Kingdom. Its portfolio includes children and entertainment, comedy/romantic comedy, paranormal, and thriller film and drama series.

synopsis: getTalent has been acquired by job site Dice, the leading career site for technology and engineering professionals. getTALENT is a Silicon Valley headquartered technology company with a vision for “powering personalized talent pipeline creation and engagement” using their proprietary Strategic Talent Pipelining (STP).

synopsis: Land O'Lakes, Inc., one of America’s premiere member-owned cooperatives., announced its acquisition of Geosys, a leading contributor in agriculture performance, developing innovative solutions for agribusiness that optimize resources, improve yields and reduce hazards, on all five continents.

synopsis: Booking.com has acquired eBuddy, a web based messenger providing access to MSN, Yahoo, AIM, GoogleTalk and MySpaceIM. No downloads/registration required! eBuddy works on any computer, mobile phone, PDA, SonyPSP or NintendoDS. Advertise on eBuddy and reach 12 million people per month on the web and on their mobile phone.

synopsis: Porter and Chester Institute, a Connecticut-based private sector, post-secondary technical institution with nine campuses throughout New England, is proud to announce the acquisition of YTI Career Institute, a private sector, post-secondary institution of higher education serving south-central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland.

synopsis: ASAPP Media Information Group acquired 100% stake in Chennai-based IPF Online Ltd. IPF Online, (Industrial Products Finder), is a new industrial products monthly journal. They are also the owner of textile and automobile products magazines, and offer web enabled listings and product advertisements besides B2B product transactions.

synopsis: Systems in Motion (SIM), a leading provider of enterprise technology consulting and solutions, has acquired Claritics, a leading provider of Big Data User Intelligence for mobile, social and enterprise SaaS applications.

synopsis: Lagardère Entertainment is set to acquire French talkshow and entertainment producer Reservoir Prod. Reservoir Prod develops, produces and sells audiovisual programs for all high value and international programs.

synopsis: Vendome Group, LLC announced the acquisition of the Institute for Health Technology Transformation. The Institute for Health Technology Transformation is a leading provider of quality events that bring together private and public sector leaders in order to foster the growth and effective use of technology across the healthcare industry.

synopsis: Openwave Messaging, Inc., a leading provider of innovative messaging software solutions, announced it has acquired Critical Path, Inc., a leader in messaging, security, and unified communications.

synopsis: Private equity house Bridgepoint has acquired the university pathway provider Cambridge Education Group (CEG). Cambridge Education Group offers high quality academic, creative and English language programs to prepare students to progress onto universities.

synopsis: CSG International, Inc., a global provider of interactive transaction-driven solutions and services, announced that it has purchased key assets of Volubill, a leading supplier of integrated real-time policy and charging solutions to mobile, satellite, and fixed broadband operators.

synopsis: HomeAway, Inc., the world’s leading online marketplace for vacation rentals, announced it has acquired Stayz Group, the publisher of Stayz.com.au and the leading online vacation rental marketplace in Australia. The Stayz Group was purchased from Fairfax Digital, a division of Fairfax Media Limited

synopsis: WPP announces that GreyPOSSIBLE, the strategic partnership between WPP's wholly owned businesses, advertising and marketing network Grey EMEA, and global interactive marketing agency POSSIBLE Worldwide, has acquired the business and assets of Media Republic, a leading creative digital marketing company in The Netherlands.

synopsis: BC Partners, a London-based private-equity firm, agreed to buy financial-data provider Mergermarket Group from Pearson Plc. Mergermarket Group controls brands such as Mergermarket, Debtwire, DealReporter, Infinata, Wealthmonitor, and Xtract Research.

synopsis: A group of Italian entrepreneurs led by new CEO Andrea Gualtieri has announced the acquisition of the Italian operations of Spanish company Groupalia, one of the leading players in the social shopping sector. The company offers daily deals, in the form of a discount coupon, on restaurants, spas, gym, events, and adventures.

synopsis: IT services provider UXC Limited has expanded its cloud capabilities with the acquisition of Keystone Management Solutions, Australia’s largest reseller and services provider of ServiceNow, which provides CIOs more control and reduced costs, and supports IT systems administrators and helpdesks to better support their users.

synopsis: LX Ventures Inc. announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Copper.io Inc. ("Copper"), a Nevada Corporation, which is in the business of acquiring, developing and marketing cloud-based hosting, monitoring and management solutions for today's state-of-the art cloud-deployed applications.

synopsis: ZenithOptiMedia announced the acquisition of Walker Media. The company is one of the leading independent media agencies in the UK, retaining a place in the top 10 UK media agency ranking, and commanding a list of long-standing blue chip clients, including Marks & Spencer, Dixons Group, KFC, Halfords and Weetabix.

synopsis: Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, announced that it has agreed to acquire the industrial and embedded software development and services business of Evopro Group, a software development and engineering services company headquartered in Budapest.

synopsis: Bell Media, Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Halifax-based DHX Media Ltd. for the sale of its television services Family Channel, Disney XD, Disney Junior (English-language), and Disney Junior (French-language).

synopsis: Cumberland Consulting Group LLC, has purchased the Mindlance Life Sciences Consulting division of Mindlance Inc., a staffing, application, and infrastructure management firm. The Mindlance Life Sciences Consulting division provides services to pharmaceutical companies specializing in contract and revenue management, compliance and data analytics.

synopsis: Wirecard AG has agreed to purchase all shares in Jakarta headquartered PT Aprisma Indonesia. The purchase price amounts in total to 73.8 million euros. PT Aprisma Indonesia specializes in IT Consultancy in Banking and Telecommunication.

synopsis: Zoom Technologies, Inc., a technology holding company focused on the mobile telecommunications and technology space, entered into a Letter of Intent with Beijing Baifen Tonglian Information & Technology Co., Ltd. to acquire, all the outstanding shares of Baifen, a Chinese providers of mobile advertising services.

synopsis: Live Nation, the world's leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, is announcing that it has acquired Meexo, an online dating app that produces an innovative mobile experience for meeting new people.

synopsis: ICA Gruppen has signed an agreement with Massolit Media on a sale of Forma Books, which is part of the portfolio company Forma Holding. The purchase price amounts to SEK 19 million on a debt-free basis. Forma Books is comprised of three publishing houses, B. Wahlströms Bokförlag, f Damm Förlag, Ica Bokförlag and Ponto Pocket.

synopsis: The Agrofert group has agreed to acquire Londa, which operates the most popular Czech radio station, Radio Impuls, a radio broadcasting company based in the Czech Republic. They broadcast music, as well as news reports with an emphasis on timeliness and questions that their listeners are most interested.

synopsis: CureMD, a leading healthcare IT company announced that it acquired AviaraMD, LLC a Utah-based medical billing services company. AviaraMD helps practices grow cash flow, streamline operations, and provide excellent patient services.

synopsis: Media arm of state-controlled Gazprom bought mining tycoon Vladimir Potanin's Profmedia. Through the deal, the former Soviet gas ministry that is now Russia's largest company by revenue, will add TV and radio stations, cinemas and film production and distribution assets to a sprawling portfolio that it has built up around commercial TV channel NTV.

synopsis: clickworker GmbH, Europe’s leading provider of crowdsourcing solutions, acquired bitworxx GmbH. bitworxx specializes in preparing product data for online shops and mail-order companies. By acquiring bitworxx, clickworker is expanding its scope of services and gearing up its crowd for new crowdsourced solutions.

synopsis: Applied Systems, a leading provider of software that powers the business of insurance, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds advised by Hellman & Friedman. Applied Systems is a leading provider of insurance software and a recognized pioneer of agency management systems and data exchange.

synopsis: Mexican broadcaster TV Azteca bought the troubled Atlas soccer club for about $50 million. The deal will ease the financial woes at the Guadalajara-based club, which was behind on payments to its players and managers.

synopsis: AddShoppers, the leading social commerce platform for merchants, announced their successful acquisition of ShareYourCart. ShareYourCart help eCommerce stores decrease shopping cart abandonment and increase exposure with incentivized social sharing through Facebook and Twitter.

synopsis: Mobiquity, a mobile engagement provider creating innovative solutions that drive business value, announced the acquisition of enterprise mobile applications provider Mobility Effect. The acquisition extends Mobiquity's ability to provide mobile strategy, user experience, and application development services to clients in the Midwest region.

synopsis: Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. announced that it closed on the acquisition of the non-license assets of KRNV (NBC 7) in Reno, Nevada from Intermountain West for $26.0 million and entered into an agreement to operate or provide sales services to the station.

synopsis: TransUnion, a global leader in information and risk management, announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida has approved its bid to acquire TLO, a leading company in the risk information and analytics industry based in Boca Raton, Fla.

synopsis: Trend forecasting group WGSN has acquired competitor Stylesight. Stylesight offers a multi-lingual subscription website that provides trend forecasting and analysis for designers and others. They deliver global information and online workspace designed to help professionals anticipate and analyze the marketplace.

synopsis: Brightree LLC, the leading provider of cloud-based clinical, billing and business management software solutions for the post-acute care industry, announced that it has acquired MedAct LLC, a provider of home medical equipment (HME) and durable medical equipment (DME) software solutions.

synopsis: Aufeminin has acquired 60 percent of My Little Paris, with future plans to acquire the rest of the company. My Little Paris is a woman-centric weekly newsletter to share restaurant advice and various urban tips. It is also a subscription service, where subscribers receive a box and beauty and fashion items.

synopsis: Ethem Sanchez has acquired TurkMedya, a media company that owns and operates newspapers, magazines, and radio stations. It offers newspapers including Aksam, Tercüman, and Günes dailies; and radio stations including Alem FM and Lig Radyo. The company was founded in 1997 and is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

synopsis: 3P Capital, LLC a Chattanooga-based private equity firm specializing in acquisition of high growth potential companies, has acquired Arch Advantage, a web application that helps doctors and patients establish payment arrangements. They give guidelines and advice, and their repayment coaching helps manage the patient billing and collections process.

synopsis: i.d.e.a. has acquired Rappaport Communications and hired its founder, Amon Rappaport, to expand the agency’s client roster and offerings in the corporate responsibility, sustainability and social impact sectors. Rappaport Communications Inc. provides brand positioning and public relation services.

synopsis: PureCars, the country’s leading provider of Automotive Value Reports, announced that it has completed its acquisition of Tentail, a software company that automated the management of online advertising campaigns.

synopsis: Zanox, the leading performance advertising network in Germany and Europe, has acquired a majority stake in the performance display provider, Metrigo. Metrigo provides integrated solutions for data-driven and targeted display advertising on a Real-Time Bidding basis.

synopsis: Trimble announced that it has acquired privately-held CSC (UK) Ltd. headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom from ISIS Equity Partners LLP and senior management. CSC's products include software solutions for the analysis and design of steel and concrete buildings.

synopsis: Changyou.com, a leading online game developer and operator in China, announced that they have entered into a definitive investment agreement to which Changyou will acquire 62.5% of the equity interests in Raidcall. Raidcall a free social communication platform primmarily for gamers, for US$50 million in cash.

synopsis: Reynolds and Reynolds announced the company has acquired XtreamService, a software company focused on helping automotive dealerships reach customers more effectively and deliver improved sales, service, and customer retention results.

synopsis: Boku, San Francisco-based mobile payments and carrier billing company, has acquired Qubecell, India’s largest carrier billing company. Founded in 2012, Qubecell is India's first pure-play mobile billing aggregator. They are integrated with all leading operators in India and are now expanding their reach to operators in other emerging markets.

synopsis: OmniSYS, LLC, the leader in medical claims reimbursement and compliance services for pharmacies and medical equipment providers, announced that New York-based private equity firm Moelis Capital Partners (MCP) has acquired the company from CIC Partners, a private equity firm based in Dallas.

synopsis: Advice Media LLC, a leading digital marketing company for healthcare professionals, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Everyday Doctors. The company focuses solely on providing digital marketing solutions to doctors and health care professionals who want to grow their practices by driving new patients from the Web.

synopsis: Livefyre, provider of the leading real-time conversation and social curation platform, announced that it has acquired the assets and team of Realtidbits, one of the top enterprise social application providers.

synopsis: Heidrick & Struggles International, the premier professional services firm focused on serving the leadership needs of top organizations globally, announced the acquisition of Scambler MacGregor, an Australian-based retained Executive Search boutique that serves the needs of the financial services industry.

synopsis: AMN Healthcare Services, Inc, the innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and largest provider of staffing services in the nation, announced the acquisition of ShiftWise, a leading national provider of web-based healthcare workforce solutions – including its vendor management system – to hospitals and other healthcare systems.