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About MindLeaders

ThirdForce Group plc, dba MindLeaders, offered talent management solutions for employee learning and compliance to clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to small businesses and government and educational institutions
The company developed a content library of over 3,600 courses for general business and industry-specific compliance and training, delivered to more than 4,000 customers
Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Dublin, MindLeaders had 100 employees

About Skillsoft

Skillsoft Ltd. is a leading global provider of electronic learning services, ranging from enterprises, government and education to mid-sized and small businesses
Skillsoft serves more than 6,000 customers and has over 1,000 employees worldwide
At the time of the MindLeaders acquisition, Skillsoft was owned by Berkshire Partners, Advent International and Bain Capital, and was subsequently sold to Charterhouse Capital Partners
Skillsoft is headquartered in Dublin

About Involver

Involver, a privately-held company, was a leading provider of social media development platforms
Involver’s Social Markup Language (“SML”) social media development platform enables developers to create highly customized marketing applications for social media sites and web campaigns
Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Austin and New York, Involver had approximately 60 employees
Founded in 2007, Involver was backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and Cervin Ventures

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) develops, manufactures, markets, distributes and services database and middleware software as well as applications software designed to help companies manage and grow their business operations
With over 115,000 employees and the world’s largest corporations as customers, Oracle is the world’s largest enterprise software company
Oracle uses a very active acquisition program as a major component of the company’s corporate growth strategy

About Wavelink

Wavelink Corporation, a privately-held company, was a leading provider of mobile device management and mobile enterprise application software for the smartphone and ruggedized mobile device markets
The company was the leading provider of mobile software for the ruggedized handheld industry, with over 15,000 customers in 108 countries relying on their software
Headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, with offices in Seattle, Washington, the company had 96 employees
Founded in 1992, Wavelink was backed by WestView Capital Partners, a leading Boston-based private equity firm

About LANDesk

LANDesk Software, located in South Jordan, Utah, provides IT management and security software to Fortune 500 and mid-market businesses
LANDesk’s products include suites for Systems Lifecycle Management, Endpoint Security Management, Management Automation Platform, IT Service Management and Cloud Solutions
At the time of the acquisition, LANDesk had 3,800 customers and employees in 18 countries worldwide
LANDesk Software was founded in 1985 and was acquired in 2010 by Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity firm with over $4.0 billion under management

GoIndustry DoveBid Profile

GoIndustry DoveBid (AIM: GOI), was a publicly-held corporation based in London with 290 employees in 36 global offices
The company was a leading provider of surplus asset management, auction and valuation software and services to enterprises worldwide
GoIndustry DoveBid, the leading global seller of surplus assets, served more than 6,000 selling clients and over 407,000 individual buyers across 108 countries
The company also offered AssetZone, a SaaS solution used by enterprises to manage, track and dispose of capital assets

About Liquidity Services

Liquidity Services (NASDAQ: LQDT), a publicly-held corporation headquartered in Washington, D.C., provides online marketplaces and integrated services for the sale of surplus assets
The company enables Fortune 500 corporations, middle-market companies and government agencies to maximize the value of surplus capital assets, and at the time of the acquisition was auctioning over $5.2 billion in annual gross merchandise volume
Liquidity Services has over 1,300 employees in over 30 offices located worldwide

About Worklight

Worklight, a privately-held company, was a leading provider of mobile application platforms and tools for smartphones and tablets
The company’s solution enabled organizations to develop, run and manage rich applications for a variety of mobile platforms, including iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows
Headquartered in Israel, Worklight had approximately 30 employees
Founded in 2006, Worklight was backed by Genesis Partners, Index Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital and Shlomo Kramer

About IBM

IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is a global diversified information technology firm
One of the largest technology firms in the world, IBM provides IT hardware and software as well as infrastructure, hosting and consulting services
IBM’s Websphere products provide application and infrastructure middleware to link together fragmented data and business processes
At the time of the acquisition, IBM employed approximately 425,000 people in over 200 countries worldwide
The company is headquartered in Armonk, New York

About VKernel

VKernel, a privately-held company, provided performance and capacity management solutions for virtual infrastructures
The company’s virtualization management software products simplified the previously complex tasks of predicting and identifying performance bottlenecks, improving application performance and reducing the costs of maintaining virtual environments
Founded in 2007, VKernel was backed by Longworth Venture Partners, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Polaris Venture Partners

About Quest Software

Quest Software is a leading provider of database and infrastructure management tools and applications
The company’s solutions include identity management, performance management, data protection, database management, user workspace management and Windows server management
Founded in 1987, Quest Software is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California and at the time of the acquisition had 3,900 employees

About Platform Computing

Platform Computing, a privately-held company, was the leading independent provider of cluster, grid and cloud management software, and was widely viewed as the vendor of choice for compute- and data-intensive applications
The company’s products were considered “mission critical” technology in the electronics and financial services industries; Platform also had a strong presence in manufacturing, energy, life sciences and government
Headquartered in Toronto, Platform had approximately 500 employees with other major offices in Beijing, San Jose and Xi’an
Founded in 1997, Platform never raised outside capital and was self-funded by the founding team

About IBM

IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is a global diversified information technology firm
One of the largest technology firms in the world, IBM provides IT hardware and software as well as infrastructure, hosting and consulting services
In 2008, IBM launched the “Smarter Planet” initiative, which seeks to deploy the company’s IT products and services to cultivate economic growth, societal progress and sustainable development
At the time of the acquisition, IBM employed approximately 425,000 people in over 200 countries worldwide
The company is headquartered in Armonk, NY

About Dimdim

Dimdim, a privately-held company, was a leading provider of real-time communication technologies
The company’s web conferencing and screen sharing technologies were delivered via the web browser, without the need to install additional software
Based on open-source technology, the company offered a free version of its software as well as a feature-rich paid premium version
Dimdim was based in Hyderabad, India and had approximately 75 employees
Founded in 2007, Dimdim was backed by Draper Richards, Index Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners

About Salesforce.com

Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is a leading provider of enterprise cloud computing applications and platforms
A pioneer in the SaaS-delivery model, Salesforce’s core CRM product has been expanded to include customer service and support solutions
The company also offers a platform for custom application development (Force.com), social collaboration tools (Chatter) and a marketplace for third-party cloud applications (AppExchange)
At the time of the acquisition, Salesforce had approximately 87,000 customers worldwide
The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California

About AmberPoint

AmberPoint, a privately-held company based in Oakland, California, was a leading provider of application performance management software
The company’s software helps enterprises identify and resolve issues in business transactions and application performance
AmberPoint applications were delivered to over 300 customers, including 60 of the Fortune 100 in a variety of sectors, including government, communications, financial services, healthcare and retail
The company was backed by Crosslink Capital, Meritech, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, SAP Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures

About Oracle

Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) develops, manufactures, markets, distributes and services database and middleware software as well as applications software designed to help companies manage and grow their business operations
With over 100,000 employees at the time of the acquisition and the world’s largest corporations as customers, Oracle is the world’s largest enterprise software company
Oracle uses an active acquisition program as a major component of the company’s corporate growth strategy

About Tideway Systems

Tideway Systems, a privately-held company based in London, was a leading provider of data center discovery solutions used by enterprises around the globe to cut hardware, software, people and power costs in their data center
The company’s flagship product, Tideway Foundation, allowed enterprises to discover and map application relationships to physical and virtual infrastructure, providing visibility into the critical dependencies between them
Foundation was used in the largest, most complex data centers in the world, including those of BHP-Billiton, Credit Suisse, Dow Jones, DuPont, JPMorgan Chase, Merck and Wachovia
Tideway was founded in 2002 and had 75 employees and was backed by Apax Partners and Scottish Equity Partners

About BMC Software

BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) is a leading provider of business service management software for the enterprise
BMC aims to manage the complete lifecycle of business services, from service definition and business prioritization through service request and support; provisioning and configuration; monitoring and operations; and planning and governance
The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and had over 6,000 employees at the time of the acquisition