M&A Deal Summary

Encore Technology Group Acquires Computer Software Innovations

On February 14, 2013, Encore Technology Group acquired software company Computer Software Innovations from N. Harris Computer

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Encore Technology Group’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Encore Technology Group’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Encore Technology Group’s 1st transaction in South Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2013-02-14
Target Computer Software Innovations
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Encore Technology Group
Sellers(s) N. Harris Computer
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Computer Software Innovations

Easley, South Carolina, United States
Computer Software Innovations, Inc. is a provider of Financial Software Solutions to the public sector market. The CSWI software solutions have established CSWI as a major software provider to school districts and local governments in the southeastern United States. CSWI offers a fully integrated suite of software products from financials and human resources to revenues and citizen services.

Search 201,771 Deals Now

SEARCH BY

  • Buyer Type (PE or Strategic)
  • Deal Size ($10M to $10B+)
  • Sector (60 Sectors)
  • Deal Type
  • Geography
  • & More

Try For Free 7-Day Free Trial

Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Encore Technology Group

Easley, South Carolina, United States

Category Company
Founded 2013
Sector Information Technology
DESCRIPTION

Encore provides Technology Solutions and Cloud Services, focused primarily on the public sector market, particularly K-12 education. Its Technology Solution division delivers classroom and enterprise solutions including borderless networks, datacenter and virtualization, physical security and infrastructure, video collaboration and instructional technologies. Its Cloud Services division provides Hosted Voice and Identity Management solutions.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (South Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2013) 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

N. Harris Computer

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1976
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

N. Harris Computer Corp. is a provider of software solutions for utilities, healthcare, local governments, public safety, and schools throughout the US and Canada. Harris' focus is to acquire businesses with growth potential, manage them well and then build them for the future. N. Harris Computer Corp. was established in 1976 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Software) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
State (South Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2013) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-23 Groupe PCMS

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Groupe PCMS designs and integrates custom software solutions for human resources management. Company solutions now manage in excess of 250,000 employees in Quebec’s health network, school boards and private organizations, employing between 200 and 9,000 employees.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-10 InterAct

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

InterAct makes Connections for Life™ providing both stand-alone and fully integrated mission-critical public safety and homeland security systems and products. InterAct makes it possible for first responders from private, state, local and national agencies to decrease response times and increase their effectiveness in the communities they serve. InterAct was formed in 1975 and is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Buy -