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HP's software stock rises with Mercury buyout

$4.5b deal expected to bring more complete management package.
By Jennifer Mears , Network World , 07/31/2006
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HP has been snapping up software companies for the past couple of years, but its plans to acquire application-management specialist Mercury Interactive should give the system vendor the boost it needs to convince customers it is serious about software, analysts say.

Last week's $4.5 billion deal also should bring a more complete management package to HP and Mercury Interactive customers as they attempt to control applications better from development to deployment to operations.

Click to see: For a look at some of HP's recent buys

HP buying spree
While the $4.5 billion Mercury Interactive deal is its largest since the Compaq merger, HP hasn't been shy about snapping up software companies. A look at some of HP's recent buys:
July 25 —Announces an agreement to buy software management and services firm Mercury Interactive for $4.5 billion.
February 2006 —Says it will buy database archiving vendor OuterBay. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.
November 2005 —Details plans to buy identity management vendor Trustgenix for an undisclosed amount.
October 2005 —Says it plans to purchase Linux blade management specialist RLX Technologies. Terms of the deal are not released.
September 2005 —Announces deal to buy IT asset management firm Peregrine Systems for $425 million.
September 2005 —Announces deal to acquire storage management vendor ApplQ. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.
March 2004 —Announces plans to buy TruLogica for its automated user provisioning software for an undisclosed amount.
February 2004 —Says it will buy change and configuration management firm Novadigm for about $120 million, as well as IT workflow management company Consera Software for an undisclosed amount.

"OpenView is very good at systems management, database management, but overall application management is something they've been lacking," says Jim Maas, solution monitoring engineer at Fresenius Medical Care in Lexington, Mass. He is a longtime HP OpenView customer and has been looking for application-monitoring tools to better meet the needs of about 2,400 clinics worldwide.

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