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IBM acquires Candle Corporation, a privately held company based in El Segundo, Calif. Candle, 

which offers a broad range of solutions to help customers develop, deploy and manage their 

enterprise infrastructure, is integrated into IBM Software Group. 

IBM agrees to acquire the Business Continuity Services unit of Schlumberger. With operations 

in Europe and the United States, SBCS offers IT infrastructure and data recovery services in case 

of unplanned events or outages, and will become an organization within IBM Global Services.  

IBM completes an agreement to acquire Alphablox Corporation, based in Mountain View, Calif. 

Its software technology enables customers and business partners to embedded analytics    such 

as customer buying trends    into existing business processes. Alphablox's operations will be 

integrated into IBM's Information Management software business and Alphablox products will 

be available from IBM and its Business Partners.  

In July, IBM agrees to acquire Cyanea, of Oakland, Calif., a leading provider of software that 

monitors and manages the performance of Web based applications. Cyanea's operations will be 

integrated into IBM's Tivoli systems management software business and its products will be 

available from IBM.  

IBM acquires Venetica, a privately held company based in Charlotte, N.C. Venetica is a leading 

provider of enterprise content integration software that enables organizations to access 

unstructured information such as business documents, still images, digital media and Web pages, 

and integrate it into existing business processes. In October, Venetica's business operations and 

employees are integrated into the IBM Information Management Software division, and its 

VeniceBridge technology is integrated into IBM's DB2 Information Integrator family of 

products.  

IBM acquires Systemcorp A.L.G. Ltd., a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management 

software that provides organizations with a comprehensive view of IT projects across the 

enterprise. Systemcorp's operations will be integrated into IBM's Rational software development 

business.  

IBM and RBC Insurance report in November that IBM has agreed to acquire Liberty Insurance 

Services Corp., the U.S. business process services and solutions operations of RBC Insurance. 

This acquisition will establish IBM as a leader in life insurance and annuity processing and 

administration, both in North America and globally. Following the acquisition, LIS will become 

an IBM subsidiary.  

In December, IBM completes its acquisition of the Danish companies Maersk Data and Dmdata. 

The acquisition represents a multi billion dollar emerging market opportunity as IBM moves 

aggressively into the Business Transformation Services arena. IBM also says that it has 

completed new contracts worth in excess of $1 billion with A. P. Moller   Maersk, one of the 

world's largest container shipping companies and Danske Bank, one of the largest banks in the 

Nordics for the provision of consulting and IT services.  

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