Acquisitions: IBM Buys Cognos, Microsoft Buys Musiwave
Ottawa based Cognos has 3,500 employees and serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. The acquisition follows SAP’s acquisition of Cognos competitor Business Objects for €4.8 billion October 7. FT.com has more.
Microsoft has announced that it has entered into an exclusivity agreement “around its intention to acquire Musiwave SA, an Openwave company and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies.”
Microsoft will use Musiwave’s relationships with music labels to deliver improved content choice to a variety of Microsoft products, including Windows Mobile, Zune, MSN and Windows Live.
Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.