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August 22, 2006 IBM uses its fat checkbook to cash in on services-oriented architecture--and run from downward price pressure. TAGS: SOA, custom application development, FileNet Corp., IBM Corp., software company, custom application, business software, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, consulting, acquisition

July 19, 2005 IBM agrees to buy PureEdge in an effort to further extend XML-based forms into its Workplace collaboration package. TAGS: PureEdge Solutions, workplace, IBM Corp., content management, XML, business process, software company, on-demand, acquisition

August 10, 2006 The $35-per-share deal marks IBM's third software-related purchase announcement since last week. TAGS: FileNet Corp., content management, IBM Corp., acquisition, AMR Research, Oracle Corp., software company, Microsoft Corp.

September 18, 2006 Looking to diversify, EMC becomes a software industry consolidator as it crafts its "information management" strategy. TAGS: EMC Corp., software company, information management, acquisition, profit margin, virtualization, IBM Corp., Oracle Corp.

December 7, 2005 Executives from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, IBM and other companies gather to talk about the next killer app: calendaring. TAGS: calendar, Wiki, Yahoo! Inc., IBM Corp., event, acquisition, portal, software company, Microsoft Outlook, conference, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., video, e-mail

May 10, 2005 Big Blue fills out the low end of its WebSphere line and throws its weight behind Apache's Geronimo project. TAGS: Gluecode Software, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, Apache Software Foundation, application server, IBM Corp., Apache Geronimo, open source, J2EE, Java 2, Java, acquisition, portal, server, software company, database

January 5, 2005 Move is part of company's plan to create industry-specific versions of its WebLogic software. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., BEA WebLogic, telecommunications, acquisition, software company, IBM Corp., security

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