Today’s Deals: Via Net.Works Moves Into Germany

  
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Industry:        Internet
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Scorecard:      B-

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  VANCOUVER, B.C., Oct. 5–Pivotal Corporationannounced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire
  Project One Business Technologies, a privately held provider of
  Internet solutions specifically designed for the healthcare industry. Pivotal enables large and medium-sized
  businesses worldwide to make, serve, and manage customers with superior
  speed and efficiency by providing XML-based demand chain networks that
  deliver personalized customer experiences across every touch point in
  real-time, and will incorporate Project One’s solutions and
  expertise into a vertical operating unit that will deliver demand chain
  network solutions for the healthcare industry.
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Amount:         $43
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Terms:           
100% stock

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  FREMONT, Oct. 5–Centillium Communicationsannounced the acquisition of privately held vEngines,
  which develops high-density voice processing semiconductor products which
  bridge circuit switched voice and data networks, for total consideration of
  approximately $43 million of newly issued Centillium common stock and stock
  options. With the vEngines
  acquisition, Centillium strengthens
  its position as the market leader in supporting true convergence of circuit
  switched voice networks with Asymmetric Transfer Mode (ATM), Internet
  Protocol (IP) and Frame Relay networks.
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Industry:        ISPs/Access
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Scorecard:      B

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  RESTON, Va., Oct. 5–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 Highspeed-Server-Internet Verwaltungs
  GmbH, headquartered in Forcheim and provider of high quality shared,
  dedicated and managed Web hosting services to business customers in
  Germany. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Amount:         $4.5
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Terms:           
5 million shares

  
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Industry:       
Speed/Bandwidth

  
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Scorecard:      C+

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  COLORADO SPRINGS, Oct. 5–Simtek Corporation, manufac
• turer of high performance nonvolatile memory and logic
  products, has purchased key wireless technology assets from WebGear
  of Dublin, CA as part of its strategy to target high-growth emerging,
  wireless markets. The addition of WebGear’s wireless intellectual property
  will complete Simtek’s ability to
  develop products for the highly regarded Bluetooth market. The transaction
  consists of purchasing patents and trade secret technology properties in
  return for 5,000,000 shares of Simtek common stock plus 1,875,000 shares of
  WebGear common stock that Simtek previously acquired through investment.
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5–Bob Eubanks, spokesperson and shareholder of
  Flexxtechannounced that they have acquired an
  80% stake in OpiTV.com, an I-commerce technology company that is
  engaged in the business of marketing and distributing a Set-Top-Box device
  on a rental basis targeted to a demographic based on a value-added
  experience. The acquisition consisted of a share exchange in common stock
  between OpiTV.com and Flexxtech.
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  BOCA RATON, Oct. 5–Paul Johnson, President/CEO of
  eTravelserve.comannounced the acquisition of
  All Seasons Travel, a division of Rohl, Inc. This represents the
  last of the outstanding “travel firm” acquisitions that were previously
  announced, putting the cumulative gross travel industry sales for eTravelserve.com now at
  approximately $20 million.
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