M&A Deal Summary

Compuware Acquires Gomez

On December 4, 2009, Compuware acquired information technology company Gomez from Dolphin Equity Partners for 295M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Compuware’s 8th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Compuware’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Compuware’s 15th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Compuware’s 3rd transaction in Massachusetts.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-12-04
Target Gomez
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Compuware
Sellers(s) Dolphin Equity Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 295M USD

Target

Gomez

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
website
Gomez is a provider of 24 x 7 monitoring of Website applications to help clients measure and improve upon the speed and availability of their Web properties. Gomez delivers Internet performance data in real time with industry-leading clarity, detail, accuracy and flexibility.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Compuware

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1973
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,066
Revenue 721M USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

Compuware Corp. empowers the world’s largest companies to excel in the digital economy by taking full advantage of their mainframe investments. Compuware Corp. does this by delivering innovative software that enables IT, professionals, with mainstream skills to develop, deliver and support mainframe applications with ease and agility. Our modernized solutions uniquely automate mainframe work, integrate into a cross-platform DevOps toolchain and measure software delivery quality, velocity and efficiency.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 20 of 27
Sector (Information Technology) 8 of 8
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 19 of 25
State (Massachusetts) 3 of 5
Country (United States) 15 of 19
Year (2009) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-05 Hilgraeve

Monroe, Michigan, United States

Hilgraeve, Inc., is a provider in meeting the mission-critical communication needs of business. Hilgraeve’s data communications software and services enable businesses to become faster and more competitive through the use of electronic communications.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-01-11 BEZ Systems

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

BEZ Systems is the provider of Predictive Performance management solutions for enterprises to profile application performance, change comparison and growth alternatives, and forecast results for productivity and business continuity.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Dolphin Equity Partners

New York, New York, United States

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1998
PE ASSETS 340M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Dolphin Equity Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused on investing in technology-enabled service based companies. Specific areas of interest include software as a service, on demand software, mobile-enabled technology, communication services, and new media/internet. Dolphin looks for investment candidates operating primarily in North America and the UK. Dolphin prefers to invest in companies in need of expansion capital but will also consider early-stage businesses, recapitalizations, and buyouts. Dolphin Equity Partners was formed in 1998 and is based in New York City.Dolphin Equity Partners discontinued operations in 2012.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 11
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 3
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 4
State (Massachusetts) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 5 of 11
Year (2009) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-08-09 Voxitas

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Voxitas is a leader in providing business class IP telephony services to businesses across the U.S. We deliver clear, flexible and competitive IP telephony through our award-winning Quality of Service enabled network. In addition, the company provides long distance, toll-free, emergency 911, collocation and high speed Internet access from our array of POPs around the nation.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-02-07 Mobile Armor

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Mobile Armor is a provider of enterprise mobile data security (EMDS). Mobile Armor develops and markets the next-generation software suite that enables dynamic organizations to fully protect business, financial, and operating information and data. With a data security system centered on its flagship PolicyServer software, Mobile Armor provides the ability to seamlessly integrate its DataArmor full-disk strong encryption and pre-boot authentication security software with other security applications such as antivirus, firewall, and virtual private networking provided by Mobile Armor or others.

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