Software Acquisitions in 2012

SAS has acquired code and hired select employees from rPath to strengthen its ability to automate deployment and management of SAS solutions across virtual, private and public cloud environments. The deal adds rPath technology and personnel to SAS Research and Development to accelerate cloud, on-demand and virtualization capabilities for SAS products.

MyHeritage acquired long-time rival Geni.com and closed a $25 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners (with Index Ventures and Accel Partners participating). The deal expands MyHeritage’s global user base and capabilities — Geni will continue as a separate brand based in California and its staff will join MyHeritage to accelerate international expansion and product integration.

Stratus Technologies (through its Bermuda holding and U.S. subsidiary) acquired the assets and intellectual property of Marathon Technologies, including the Marathon everRun product line. The deal expands Stratus's software-based application-availability and fault-tolerance capabilities, broadens its partner ecosystem (including Citrix), and transfers Marathon employees in the U.S., U.K. and Japan to Stratus employment.

Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) has acquired Pixable Inc., a social photo aggregation and intelligence startup, for US$26.5 million. Singtel said it will integrate Pixable’s predictive analytics and machine-learning photo-sorting technology into its digital offerings to provide enhanced photo services to its mobile customers across Asia and Africa.

IHS Inc. acquired Invention Machine for approximately $40 million. The Boston-based provider of the Goldfire semantic search and decision-engine software will be integrated into IHS’s Product Design business to enhance knowledge management and accelerate engineering and product innovation.

Geomagic completed the acquisition of Sensable Technologies, Inc.'s 3D design and haptics businesses, bringing Sensable's FreeForm/ClayTools software and Phantom haptic device technology into Geomagic's product portfolio. The deal expands Geomagic's capabilities for tactile (haptic) input and voxel-based modeling to complement its existing 3D scan-to-design and inspection software, while Sensable's dental products were excluded from the sale.

HID Global has acquired EasyLobby, a provider of visitor management systems and software, to extend HID’s identity and access management offerings. EasyLobby will operate independently within HID Global’s Identity and Access Management business and its visitor-management capabilities will be integrated with HID’s physical access control, secure issuance and managed services solutions.