After years on the “acquisition candidate” short list, hosted conversational commerce specialist Angel has found a new corporate parent in Genesys, which has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the firm from Business Intelligence specialist MicroStrategy.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Consolidation Chronicles: IVONA Goes to Amazon
Amazon.com’s acquisition of text-to-speech specialist IVONA marks progress along two separate paths for Conversational Commerce.
Mark Cuban Invests in Linguasys
Mark Cuban is taking ownership of “a significant position” in Machine Translation and Text Analytics specialist LinguaSys.
February 1 Marks Day One for the New Genesys
A stand-alone entity called Genesys launches today with what it terms “100% focus on customer experience.”
Finally, Vlingo and Nuance Settle Their Differences Out of Court; Turn Full Attention to the Conversational User Interface
One step’s done and another’s begun as Nuance announces plans to acquire rival virtual assistant provider, Vlingo.
Avaya Acquires Aurix Ltd.; Fulfills the Need for Speed in Speech Analytics
Avaya’s new acquisition specializes in (and has intellectual property rights) for its proprietery, phoneme-based speech search and analytic software and systems.
Permira’s $1.5 billion purchase of Genesys Marks End of Uncertainty
Private equity firm Permira is poised finally to take Genesys Labs off of Alcatel-Lucent’s books.
The Merger is the Message: What Acquisitions like Swype and GroupMe Really Mean
There’s a new calculus afoot among “agile” application and software developers, especially those addressing the marketplace created by new mobile devices. It pays to “sell solutions,” especially when your solution is for a very specific, well-recognized problem.
Nuance To Buy Loquendo; Amp Up Speech on a Global Basis
Loquendo’s parent company, Telecom Italia, issued news that it will sell the speech processing specialist to Nuance for an estimated 53 million Euros (about $75.5 million).
Telecom Italia Set to Sell Loquendo? To Nuance?
According to a Web site called “Save Loquendo”, top execs at Telecom Italia have confirmed the imminent sale of Loquendo.