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Clarabridge to be acquired by Utah firm in $1.13B deal
Reston-based software company Clarabridge Inc. is being acquired by Provo, Utah-based data analytics firm Qualtrics International Inc. in a nearly $1.13 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced Thursday. Clarabridge’s platform uses artificial intelligence to provide conversational analytics — it is able to analyze customer feedback from indirect sources like social media, emails, su[...]
Telos Corp. acquires Alabama biometric software company
Ashburn-based cybersecurity firm Telos Corp. has acquired Alabama-based biometric software company Diamond Fortress Technologies Inc., Telos announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition adds patents to Telos’ biometric and digital identity intellectual property. Telos will integrate DFT’s ONYX software into its platform. ONYX is a touchless f[...]
KLDiscovery appoints first COO from within
KLDiscovery Inc. has appointed Danny Zambito to the firm’s newly created chief operating officer position, the McLean-based software company announced Monday. Zambito, who has been with KLDiscovery since 2008, most recently served as the company’s executive vice president of global legal technologies and client services. He will now oversee operations, client services and human resourc[...]
Avantus Federal acquires Reston-based software company
Avantus Federal, a McLean-based IT defense contractor and NewSpring Holdings company, has acquired Reston-based software company Occam’s Razor Technologies LLC, it announced Thursday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Avantus CEO Andy Maner said in a statement, “For more than 10 years, Occam’s Razor Technologies has built a company committed to developing innov[...]
Arlington defense contractor wins $105M Army contract
Arlington-based defense contractor Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, has won a $105 million U.S. Army mission command computing systems delivery order contract, it announced Wednesday. The military defense company will complete the delivery order for the Mounted Family of Computer Systems II. The MFCoS II is a family of […]
Octo acquires Volant Associates, creating new division
Reston-based government contractor Octo Consulting Group has acquired Volant Associates, a Chantilly-based defense software development company, it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Volant has contracts supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency and other U.S. intelligence community agencies and created the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise Commo[...]
Reston’s Trucker Tools acquired by Calif. tech firm
Reston-based Trucker Tools, a software company that provides a digital freight management platform for the transportation industry, has been acquired by Walnut Creek, California-based software company ASG. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 2013, Trucker Tools offers a software suite with capacity management, predictive freight matching, automated booking, real-tim[...]
Reston-based Ellucian to be acquired by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners
Investment firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners have reached an agreement to acquire Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian, according to an announcement from the companies released Monday. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. New York-based Blackstone and Texas-based Vista Equity are acquiring Ellucian from Texas-based TPG Capital and Los Angeles-based Leonard Gr[...]
Arlington-based Higher Logic acquires Montreal’s Vanilla
Arlington-based tech company Higher Logic has acquired Canadian cloud-based community software company Vanilla. Vanilla was owned by New York-based growth equity investment firm Level Equity. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, Higher Logic offers a community engagement software platform aimed at associations and the corporate B2B market. With the acquisition [...]
3Pillar Global closes third acquisition within year
Fairfax-based product lifecycle management company 3Pillar Global Inc. has completed an acquisition of North Carolina-based software firm Software Development Europe, it announced Tuesday. It’s the third acquisition for 3Pillar during the past year — part of a growth strategy fueled by an investment from New York-based private equity investor CIP Capital, according to 3Pillar. The [&hellip[...]
Arlington software company hires chief people officer
Arlington-based software developer Higher Logic announced on March 16 that it has hired Joanna Luth as its new chief people officer. Luth is a human resources executive with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Higher Logic, Luth served as the chief people officer for Georgia-based software company Intradiem and vice president of […]
Rosetta Stone acquired by California-based learning platform
Arlington-based software company Rosetta Stone Inc. has been acquired by IXL Learning, the California-based educational learning company announced on Wednesday. Founded in 1992, Rosetta Stone’s products are used by more than 1 million people in 150 countries to learn 30 languages. IXL is an integrated learning platform that supports more than 12 million students in […]
