Today’s Deals: Broadbase Snatches Up Servicesoft

  
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Amount:         $631
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Terms:           
35.1 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  MENLO PARK, Calif., Sept. 18–Broadbase Software, a provider of customer-focused analytic and marketing
  automation applications, announced that it has signed a definitive
  agreement to acquire privately held Servicesoft, a provider of
  intelligent e-service solutions. With the Servicesoft acquisition, Broadbase reaches a new level of
  leadership in intelligent customer interactions by creating the industry’s
  first integrated eCRM suite that provides a single analytic and operational
  solution.
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Amount:        
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Industry:        ISPs/Access
providers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  RESTON, Va., Sept. 18–VIA NET.WORKS, an
  international single-source provider of Internet access and services
  focusing on businesses in Europe, Latin America and the United States,
  announces the acquisition of its first Internet services provider in Italy,
  Meridian Microtech srl. Founded in 1979, Meridian Microtech provides
  a full complement of business-focused Internet services from its base in
  Milan, Italy and will enable VIA
  NET.WORKS to enter the Italian market with a strong foundation for
  growth. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  BURLINGAME, Calif., Sept. 18–SERENA Software, a supplier of e-business infrastructure change management
  solutions, announced the acquisition of UltiMIS Corporation, a
  provider of data center performance and programmer productivity software
  products which are used during the analysis, testing, and operations phases
  of the software application change life cycle. The UltiMIS acquisition speeds SERENA’s time to market for StarSuite, a
  group of collaborative products which will be packaged as a complete suite.
  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      A-

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  SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18–Listen.com, a comprehensive Internet
  guide to online music, has agreed to buy WiredPlanet, a provider of
  customizable streaming MP3 stations. The WiredPlanet acquisition indicates a
  shift in Listen.com’s business strategy
  toward becoming a private-label content syndicator. Terms of the
  transaction were not
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