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The Micro Focus logo circa 1985. Micro Focus was founded by Brian Reynolds in Notting Hill in 1976. [3] [4] In 1981, it became the first company to win the Queen's Award for Industry purely for developing a software product.
The company has acquired 57 companies, purchased stakes in 2 firms, and divested 26 companies, in which parts of the company are sold to another company. Of the companies that Symantec has acquired, 50 were based in the United States. Symantec has not released the financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions.
One Tree Software Software United States — [38] 9 February 23, 1995: RenderMorphics: 3D graphics hardware United States — [39] 10 July 10, 1995: Network Managers Systems design United Kingdom — [40] 11 October 17, 1995: The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks: Software United States — [41] 12 November 6, 1995: Netwise Computer software United States ...
In 1982 the U.S. Department of Justice Merger Guidelines introduced the SSNIP test as a new method for defining markets and for measuring market power directly. In the EU it was used for the first time in the Nestlé/Perrier case in 1992 and has been officially recognized by the European Commission in its "Commission's Notice for the Definition of the Relevant Market" in 1997.
Lists of corporate mergers and acquisitions include both takeovers and mergers of corporations. Most are organized by the main company involved in the transactions.
Computer networking United States Undisclosed [10] October 14, 1994: Shany Computers Ltd. Computer networking Israel Undisclosed [11] January 17, 1997: Case Technology: Computer networking Denmark $72,000,000 [12] [13] July 27, 1997: Chips and Technologies: Display chipsets United States $420,000,000 [14] September 25, 1997: Dayna Communications
A horizontal merger combines direct competitors in the same products and markets, while a vertical merger combines suppliers and the company or customers and the company. Pac-Man Defense A strategy of survival in the takeover game, named after a popular game in the US in the early 1980s, in which a character which does not swallow its opponents ...
CompuCom was formed in 1987 by Safeguard Scientifics, a venture capital company. It was started when predecessor Machine Vision International acquired two computer-focused technology companies, Tri-Star Data Systems and Office Automation, under the umbrella of Safeguard Scientifics, which named the merged company CompuCom.