Add-on Acquisition • Software

Compuware Acquires Vine Systems

On April 15, 1997, Compuware acquired software company Vine Systems

Acquisition Context
  • This is Compuware’s 5th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Compuware’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date April 15, 1997
Target Vine Systems
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Compuware
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target Company

Vine Systems

London, United Kingdom
Vine Systems is a specializes in delivering software solutions.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Compuware

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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 Context for Buyer #
Overall 7 of 27
Sector: Software 5 of 18
Type: Add-on Acquisition 6 of 25
Country: United Kingdom 1 of 1
Year: 1997 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-03-04 UnderWare

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

UnderWare, Inc. is a developer of software defect tracking tools. Track Record features an object-oriented database and report generation facility that tracks and reports releases, bugs, feature requests, and other information related to a software project.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1997-12-15 NuMega Technologies

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

NuMega Technologies, Inc. is a provider in advanced error detection and debugging solutions for professional Windows developers.

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