Liaison Technologies, Inc. a global data management and
business-to-business (B2B) integration services provider, announced
today it has completed the acquisition of Contivo, Inc. a leading
provider of application independent automated data transformation (or
mapping) software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The deal comes on the heels of Liaison´s recent announcement of
its merger with Anilinker, a European integration services company.
Announced on March 13, that merger agreement nearly doubled Liaison´s
size and extended its ability to serve the global needs of
multinational customers.
"The addition of Contivo brings a wealth of strategic technology,
intellectual property, and expert resources to our rapidly growing
organization," said Bob Renner, CEO of Liaison. "We plan to leverage
this innovative technology to our customers´ advantage, and help them
create, migrate, and own their own business-critical maps, no matter
what integration platform they select."
"This acquisition sets Liaison Technologies apart in the
Integration Service Provider (ISP) market as the only company to offer
both full-service integration outsourcing and application-independent
data transformation that complements a wide variety of
service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications," said Ed Wiggins,
former CEO of Contivo, Inc. and Liaison´s new Executive Vice President
of Business Development.
The acquisition allows Liaison to broaden its integration
solutions and offer mapping services and software for its customers´
enterprise application (EAI) and B2B integration needs. Liaison will
continue to market the acquired software under the Contivo brand name.
About Liaison Technologies
Liaison Technologies is a global business-to-business integration
services provider. More than 5,000 organizations around the world have
benefited from Liaison´s integration, master data management and
consulting services. Liaison enables more than 3 million electronic
transactions every month for companies like Amazon.com, CHEP
International, Cloetta Fazer, Merck & Company, MetLife, Siemens, Stora
Enso and U.S. Bank. Liaison has offices in Amsterdam, Atlanta, and
Tampere, Finland. For more information, visit www.liaison.com or call
866-336-7378.
About Contivo
Contivo is the leading provider of automated data transformation
solutions for integrating Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) to
legacy applications. Leveraging Contivo´s software in complex global
enterprise integration provides a significant reduction in the overall
complexity and deployment time, and enables comprehensive data
management with extensive documentation and reporting features.
Contivo utilizes standards-based Java or XSLT data transforms to
easily integrate with major middleware software, ESB solutions and SOA
hardware appliances such as BEA, Cisco AXG, Cisco AON, IBM WebSphere
DataPower, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, JBOSS, TIBCO Business Works,
and Software AG webMethods.
Contivo provides its data transformation solution to a range of
industries including Financial Services, Telco, Insurance,
Pharmaceutical, and High Tech Manufacturing. Founded in 1998, Contivo
is privately held by Scale Venture Partners and Voyager Capital, and
is headquartered in San Jose, Ca. For more information, go to
www.contivo.com.
