Jama Software sold for USD 1.2 billion
Francisco Partners buys Jama Software for USD 1.2 billion. Jama is sold by Insight Partners and other investors.
Acquisition chain: Renesas buys Altium buys Valispace
The Valispace tool was acquired by Altium. The acquisition of Altium by Renesas is also currently underway.
Big ALM vision: PTC buys Pure Systems
PTC seems to be on a shopping spree at the moment: After the acquisition of Codebeamer made headlines last year, it is now Pure Systems' turn. PTC has thus added a product for variant management for ALM to its portfolio, and one that scales. What does this mean for the tool market for the development of complex products? The following is a...
PTC buys Intland (Codebeamer)
Among other things, Intland is known for Codebeamer, a tool for requirements management. Intland has now been bought by PTC. This type of acquisition is not unusual and is reminiscent of the purchase of Polarion by Siemens in 2015. What does PTC expect from this and what does it mean for systems engineers? An analysis:
What does the acquisition of gitHub by Microsoft mean?
It is hotly debated in IT forums, but has hardly received any attention in the mainstream media: Microsoft has bought gitHub, a platform for software development projects. This is remarkable, as gitHub manages one of the largest collections of open source code. As a reminder, Microsoft has long been an opponent of open source software. Why is this interesting for systems engineering? Because it...
Product development with advanced analytics: Jama buys Notion
Jama is a software for product development with a focus on requirements and test management. I have been working intensively with Jama for the last year, as I am a freelancer for Jama. Last year I gave a presentation on Jama at Modern RE, and at this year's ReConf I gave two presentations.
Dassault Systèmes buys No Magic: What does this mean?
Dassault Systèmes buys No Magic. This means that one of the most important modeling tools has moved to a portfolio manufacturer.
