Today’s Deals: Web Security Sector Targeted

  
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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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  DALLAS, Oct. 3–Allegiance Telecom, a
  competitive local exchange carrier headquartered in Dallas, Texas,
  announced that on September 28, 2000, it acquired privately-held
  Virtualis Systems, a Web hosting company and applications service
  provider (ASP) based in North Hollywood, Calif. The Virtualis acquisition is Allegiance Telecom’s third
  Internet-related purchase in 2000 as the company expands its hosting and
  e-commerce presence for its targeted business customers. Terms of the deal
  were not disclosed.
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Performance
software

  
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Scorecard:      B+

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  SAN JOSE, Oct. 4–BEA Systems, one of the
  world’s leading e-business infrastructure software companies, announced
  that it has acquired Bauhaus Technologies, a privately held,
  Chicago-based e-business consulting firm focused on the architecture and
  design of highly-scalable, robust B2B systems. The Bauhaus Technologies acquisition is
  expected to strengthen the core e-commerce system architecture and business
  design skills of the BEA
  Professional Services team, and is important to enabling BEA to expand its
  mentoring of channel partners. Financial terms of the agreement were not
  disclosed.
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Amount:         $80
million

  
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Terms:           
4.2 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Security

  
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Scorecard:      B-

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  LONDON, Oct. 4–Baltimore Technologies, a
  global leader in e-security, announced it has signed a definitive agreement
  to acquire Nevex Software Technologies, an innovator in
  policy-driven authorization technology for secure e-business deployments.
  By acquiring Nevex’s XML-based access
  management system, Baltimore will
  increase the flexibility of its product line, giving customers the ability
  to deploy centralized policy management that works with a variety of
  authentication mechanisms. The total consideration of the acquisition is
  valued at 4.2 million shares.
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Amount:         $66
million

  
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Terms:           
1.29 million shares

  
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Security

  
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Scorecard:      B

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  SEATTLE, Oct. 4–WatchGuard Technologies,
  a provider of Internet security and VPN solutions, announced that it has
  acquired Qiave Technologies, an emerging provider of advanced
  digital information security for corporate internetworking, for
  approximately 1.29 million shares of common stock valued at approximately
  $66 million. The Qiave acquisition
  expands and deepens WatchGuard’s
  capability to protect Web and application servers from hackers targeting
  public content residing behind an organization’s firewall, which are today
  particularly vulnerable to attack from both external and internal hackers.
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        Internet
services

  
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Scorecard:      C-

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  LAS VEGAS, Oct. 4–Angelaudio.com
  announced it has concluded the first stage of an agreement to purchase
  Ron Winter Ltd., U.K., and the RITZ Music Group PLC, U.K.,
  with completion to be December 1st 2000. These companies will complement Angelaudio.com’s online music
  distribution network by adding an established core brick and mortar
  business to our company and opening up a new global distribution channel.
  Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Terms:           
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Premium:        n/a

  
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Industry:        E-tailers

  
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Scorecard:      C

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  RENO, Oct. 4–Globus Wireless Ltd.
  announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire PCI Marketing
  & Communications, owner of ShopWireless.Com, an accomplished
  direct to consumer marketing company and established wireless electronics
  on-line retailer. In acquiring ShopWireless.Com, Globus Wireless will successfully
  complete its distribution chain, by directly linking products from
  manufacturers through its distribution channels to the end consumer.
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