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

About 170 Systems

• 170 Systems, a privately-held company based in Bedford, Massachusetts, was a leading provider of financial process optimization software applications
• The company’s MarkView application is a proven workflow solution for invoice processing and related AP functions that is fully integrated and certified for use with both Oracle and SAP ERP suites
• 170 Systems applications were deployed at over 150 customers (principally within the Fortune 500), including BT, France Telecom, Juniper Networks, Sandia, Select Medical, Thomson Reuters, University of Pennsylvania and Verizon Wireless
• 170 Systems was backed by Polaris Venture Partners

About Kofax

• Kofax plc (LSE: KFX) is a leading provider of hardware and software which enables enterprises to capture, transform and exchange documents and unstructured data into electronic formats
• Kofax markets and sells its products throughout the world through its own sales and service organizations, and a global network of more than 1,000 authorized partners in more than 60 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific
• The company is headquartered in Basingstoke, England

About Virtual Iron

• Virtual Iron, a privately-held company based in Lowell, Massachusetts, was a provider of server virtualization management software that enabled dynamic resource and capacity management
• The company’s server virtualization platform was based on the Xen open source hypervisor, and had comparable capabilities to VMware without the cost or complexity
• The company had 75 employees and was backed by Goldman Sachs Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Matrix Partners and SAP 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 84,000 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 a very active acquisition program as a major component of the company’s corporate growth strategy

About Applimation

• Applimation, a privately-held company based in Chicago, was the leading independent provider of application data management solutions for Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and custom environments
• The company had over 290 customers, including Aetna Life Insurance Company, AT&T Mobility, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Getty Images, The Hudson’s Bay Company, IKON Office Solutions and Starbucks
• Founded in 1998, Applimation had 140 employees and was backed by Battery Ventures

About Informatica

• Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) is a leading provider of data integration software and services for the enterprise
• Informatica’s products span the data integration spaces, with tools that form a framework for maintaining enterprise-wide data warehouses and ETL processing
• The company had 3,500 customers worldwide at the time of the acquisition, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California

About Onaro

• Onaro, a privately-held company based in Boston, was a leading provider of storage service management software used primarily in storage area networks (SANs)
• Deployed in 32% of Fortune 50 companies, Onaro’s software provided a clear service-level view into a SAN’s access paths, redundancy, replication and performance, allowing enterprises to increase service quality, return on storage and compliance
• The company customers included AOL, JetBlue, State Street and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
• Onaro was backed by Cedar Fund and Newbury Ventures

About NetApp

• NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) is a leading provider of enterprise storage and data management solutions for storing, managing, protecting and archiving data
• Formerly known as Network Appliance, NetApp markets and sells its products throughout the world, and in March 2008, launched a global branding and awareness campaign to increase the company’s visibility in the IT market
• NetApp is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California

About Systems & Software

• Systems & Software, a privately-held company based in Burlington, Vermont, was a leading provider of customer information systems software and services to municipal and investor-owned utilities (IOU)
• The company’s enQuesta product suite provides an integrated solution for customer care and billing, field operations and financial control requirements, enabling utilities to bill for core services including water, electric and gas usage, as well as a range of expanded services such as refuse removal, storm water and revenue management (taxes)
• Founded in 1973, Systems & Software was backed by Accel-KKR

About Constellation Software

• Constellation Software (TSX: CSU) is an international provider of market leading software and services to a number of industries across both the public and private sectors
• Constellation acquires, manages and builds vertical market software businesses that provide mission-critical software solutions to address the specific needs of its customers in those industries
• The company was founded in 1995 and at the time of the acquisition had over 3,500 employees

About Applimation

• Applimation, a privately-held company based in Chicago, was the leading independent provider of application data management solutions for Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Siebel and custom environments
• The company had over 290 customers, including Aetna Life Insurance Company, AT&T Mobility, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Getty Images, The Hudson’s Bay Company, IKON Office Solutions and Starbucks
• Founded in 1998, Applimation had 140 employees and was backed by Battery Ventures

About LogicalApps

• Privately-held LogicalApps provides embedded governance software for enterprise applications
• The company’s solutions enable organizations to manage risk, achieve compliance and reduce costs by automating real-time monitoring and enforcement of detective and preventive controls
• Founded in 2000, LogicalApps had more than 300 blue-chip customers at the time of the acquisition and is headquartered in Irvine, California

About SPL WorldGroup

• SPL WorldGroup, a privately-held company based in San Francisco, was a leading provider of revenue management solutions for investor-owned and public sector utilities and governments
• SPL was created via the roll-up of five utility software companies, allowing the combined company to provide a comprehensive suite of services: SPL (CIS); Axciom and Mobility (workforce management); CES International (OMS & DMS); and Synergen (asset management) with a company history dating back to 1969
• SPL was principally owned by GFI Energy 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 84,000 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 Kashya

• Kashya, a privately-held company, was a leading provider of enterprise-class continuous data protection (CDP) and continuous remote replication (CRR) software
• Enterprises used Kasyha software to protect against loss of corporate information from server failures, data corruption, software errors and other events
• The company’s principal operations were located in Ramat Gan, Israel and San Jose, California
• Kashya was backed by Battery Ventures, Jerusalem Global Ventures and TL Ventures

About EMC

• EMC (NASDAQ: EMC) is a leading provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information
• The company’s Information Infrastructure business provides solutions in three main areas: information storage, content management & archiving, and information security (RSA)

About AssetMetrix

• AssetMetrix, a privately-held company, was the first on-demand service for IT business intelligence providing immediate and comprehensive visibility into distributed IT environments
• The AssetMetrix solution identified performance improvement opportunities and verified policy effectiveness, maximizing current and future IT investment
• The company was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Ottawa

About Microsoft

• Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is one of the largest computing companies in the world, with 92,000 employees globally at the time of the acquisition
• The company is dominant in the personal computing operating system and office suite, and offers a wide range of products and services across the personal, small business and enterprise ecosystem