ALM's History of Mergers, Acquisitions
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By Jennifer deJong
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ALM’s History of Mergers, Acquisitions
Individual tools in many ALM suites were bought, not built. That’s a key reason why one toolmaker’s offerings for requirements, modeling, coding, testing, change management and more, don’t always work well together. Here’s a snapshot of key ALM acquisitions over the last five years.
JANUARY 2003: Borland acquires Starbase, adding software configuration management tools to its product line. That same month the company buys TogetherSoft, adding UML-based modeling tools.
FEBRUARY 2003: IBM buys Rational Software, adding UML modeling and software configuration management tools to its development tools lineup.
JUNE 2003: Serena software completes TeamShare acquisition, adding the defect tracking tools its offerings.
MARCH 2004: Serena grabs Merant, combining the company’s change management tools with its own.
JUNE 2004: Serena Software acquires the technology, assets, associated expertise and customer base for Integrated Chipware’s RTM product, for requirements management.
MARCH 2006: Borland buys Gauntlet, adding the company’s quality assurance technology to Borland’s ALM offerings.
APRIL 2006: Borland acquires testing toolmaker Segue Software.
MAY 2006: IBM buys BuildForge, adding build and release management capabilities to its development platform.
NOVEMBER 2006: HP Buys Mercury Interactive, adding Mercury’s testing and governance tools to HP’s portfolio management offerings.
JULY 2007: IBM buys application security toolmaker Watchfire.
AUGUST 2007: HP completes acquisition of application security toolmaker SPI Dynamics.
MARCH 2008: IBM’s planned acquisition of modeling and requirements tool maker Telelogic gains approval from the European Union.
Source: company reports
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