Today’s Deals: Trilogy Picks Off pcOrder.com for $6.375/share

  
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Amount:         $53
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Terms:           
3.3 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-commerce
enablers

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  OMAHA,
• Neb., Oct. 24–Transaction Systems Architects, a global provider of enterprise e-payments and e-commerce
  software, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire
  MessagingDirect, a company based in Edmonton, Canada, in an
  all-stock transaction. Combining MessagingDirect’s secure document
  delivery and e-processing technology with TSA’s proven e-payments solutions and
  expertise will allow us to provide an end-to-end software solution in this
  exciting new market.Transaction Systems will acquire all of the issued and
  outstanding securities of MessagingDirect in exchange for approximately 3.3
  million shares of Transaction Systems’ Class A Common Stock.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 25–Vicinity
  announced its acquisition of NetCreate Systems, a privately-held
  company. Vicinity, a provider of
  infrastructure marketing services for Global 2000 companies on Internet and
  wireless platforms, will integrate NetCreate’s award-winning Web solutions
  for distributed organizations and its advanced online Web generator
  technology into Vicinity’s SiteMaker offering. Terms of the acqui
• sition
  were not disclosed.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
100% cash

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 25–Trilogy Software and
  pcOrder.comjointly announced that they have
  signed a definitive merger agreement under which Trilogy will commence a cash tender offer
  to acquire all of pcOrder’s common
  stock at a price of $6.375 per share. Trilogy currently owns all of
  pcOrder’s outstanding Class B common stock, which represents 62.5% of
  pcOrder’s outstanding common stock. Trilogy is a provider of software
  driving the e-commerce transformation of Global 2000 companies, while
  pcOrder provides business-to-business software applications, content and
  related services that are designed to move the computer industry to the
  Web.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Oct. 25–VeriSign, a
  provider of Internet trust services, announced the acquisition of Los
  Angeles-based GreatDomains.com, a worldwide provider of services in
  the secondary domain name market. The addition of GreatDomains to the VeriSign family will extend the
  company’s leadership in providing comprehensive Web identity services to
  businesses of all sizes looking to establish, extend and protect their
  presence on the Internet. GreatDomains’ third party domain name inventory
  will be integrated into the purchase process for domain names found at www.networksolutions.com thereby
  allowing prospective customers to search for domain names in the primary
  and secondary markets at the same time.
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Amount:        
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  CARLSBAD, Calif., Oct. 25–Open Text, a
  worldwide provider of collaborative commerce software for e-business,
  announced the acquisition of Bluebird Systems of Carlsbad,
  California. Bluebird is a specialist
  in the delivery of solutions for PeopleSoft applications such as Human
  Resources, Accounts Payable and Expense Reporting. Bluebird’ s strengths in
  PeopleSoft integration along with its understanding of real world commerce
  interactions is expected to offer Open
  Text customers the most comprehensive and robust enterprise
  collaborative-commerce solution available on the market.
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Industry:       
Consultants/Designers

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  NEW YORK, Oct. 25–eHotHouse, an interdisciplinary
  professional e-services firm focusing on e-commerce strategy, application
  systems integration and marketing services that was formed by Change
  Technology Partnersin September 2000, announced
  that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire InSys
  Technology of Somerset, New Jersey, a privately-held information
  systems consulting firm specializing in the development of customized
  Extranet and Internet applications. The acquisition of InSys furthers eHotHouse’s efforts to offer its
  clients a broad menu of professional services to enable companies to
  successfully navigate the challenges of the new knowledge-based economy.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      D

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  HOUSTON, Oct. 25–iVGannounced that its
  subsidiary GeewhizUSA.com, and
  WTMG, LLC which operates HotBeads.com, will finalize their LOI as
  a merger of interests. The newly merged entity will retain the GeeWhiz name
  and HotBeads(TM), the product, will become a product line of GeeWhiz, which
  is creating the first centralized B2B e-commerce marketplace for the highly
  fragmented $34 billion promotional products and specialty gifts industry
  and brings together the world’s customers, distributors, merchandisers,
  concessionaires and resellers to meet and transact on-line. Terms to be
  disclosed immediately upon closing.
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Amount:        
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n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      D

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  NEW YORK, Oct. 25–ConnectivCorpannounced
  that it had acqui
• red the assets of Sexual Health Magazine, including
  the rights to the acclaimed Sexual Health Magazine, and Herpes Advice
  Center, including the sexual health web site advicecenter.com. The acquisition of
  Sexual Health Magazine and advicecenter.com will help to catapult ConnectivHealth’s under-development
  SexHealth.com Web site into the forefront of online sexual health
  information. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
n/a

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  NEW YORK, Oct. 25–BabyPressConference.com, the only online
  hospital maternity service that allows parents to introduce their newborns
  to family and friends via live, full-motion video over the Internet,
  announced the acquisition of urbanbaby.com, an award-winning online
  network of resource guides, interactive communities and online store for
  local parents in the top metropolitan cities in the world. The UrbanBaby acquisition is expected to
  help further BabyPressConference.com’s
  goal of being a destination for new and expectant mothers.
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Amount:        
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  NEW YORK, Oct. 25–DWL Incorporated, an e-solutions company,
  announced they have acquired Ottawa-based IPMeeting.com, a provider
  of Java-based web collaboration for self-help, application sharing and live
  discussions. DWL will fully integrate IPMeeting.com’s component-based
  collaboration solution into DWL Unifi, its core transactional e-business
  platform, to give customers fully personalized collaboration functionality
  to enhance customer service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Amount:        
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Terms:           
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  BUFFALO, N.Y., Oct. 25–Appraisal.com, the foremost provider
  of Internet based real estate data, appraisal tools and resources, has
  announced the acquisition of Day One, the recognized leader in
  appraisal and real estate related software. The Day One acquisition will enable Appraisal.com to offer a complete
  end-to-end appraisal and collateral management solution to its customers,
  being able to create the first ever integrated end-to-end single solution
  for order, management, delivery and use of appraisals from over 5,000
  participating appraisers nationwide.
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Industry:       
Content/Communities

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  PASADENA, Oct. 25–Answers.com announced the acquisition of
  Austin, Texas-based KnowItAll, developer of real-time communication
  and collaboration technology initially targeting online customer service.
  The KnowItAll acquisition gives Answers.com a competitive edge in the
  Web-enabled customer interaction space by adding text chat, audio, video,
  e-mail management, remote application control, white boarding and a media
  “normalization engine,” which allows messages and responses to questions
  from online site visitors to be handled in a single interface regardless of
  the initial type of inquiry strengthening Answers.com’s positioning as the
  best solution for handling online customer interaction. Terms of the
  transaction were not disclosed.
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