Akamai buys Nine Systems in $160 million cash and stock deal

Content delivery specialist Akamai gains rich-media management tools in Nine Systems deal.

Akamai Technologies announced Monday it plans to acquire Nine Systems in a deal valued at about $160 million.

Nine Systems makes tools for rich-media production, publishing and distribution. Akamai plans to integrate Nine Systems’ Stream OS into its global content-distribution network. Stream OS is a suite of management tools that let users more easily produce and publish rich-media content, according to the companies.

The deal calls for Akamai to pay $7 million in cash and issue about 3.1 million shares of Akamai common stock to acquire all of Nine Systems’ outstanding common stock. The companies say they expect the deal to be complete by year-end.

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Akamai Technologies announced Monday it plans to acquire Nine Systems in a deal valued at about $160 million.

Nine Systems makes tools for rich-media production, publishing and distribution. Akamai plans to integrate Nine Systems’ Stream OS into its global content-distribution network. Stream OS is a suite of management tools that let users more easily produce and publish rich-media content, according to the companies.

The deal calls for Akamai to pay $7 million in cash and issue about 3.1 million shares of Akamai common stock to acquire all of Nine Systems’ outstanding common stock. The companies say they expect the deal to be complete by year-end.

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