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Acquisitions are available dating back to Fiscal Year 1994. Press releases for many investment and acquisition announcements are available online. Click the dates to read the releases.

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2008 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
July 14, 2008	Zoomix
July 1, 2008	Powerset
June 27, 2008	MobiComp
June 17, 2008	Navic Networks
April 9, 2008	Farecast
March 20, 2008	Komoku
March 14, 2008	Rapt Inc.
March 12, 2008	Kidaro
March 6, 2008	Credentica
February 27, 2008	YaData
February 11, 2008	Danger Inc.
February 7, 2008	Caligari Corporation
January 21, 2008	Calista Technologies
January 8, 2008	Fast Search & Transfer ASA

2007 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
December 12, 2007	Multimap
October 29, 2007	Global Care Solutions
August 30, 2007	Parlano
July 26, 2007	AdECN, Inc.
May 18, 2007	aQuantive, Inc.
May 3, 2007	ScreenTonic
March 14, 2007	Tellme Networks, Inc.
February 26, 2007	Medstory Inc.

2006 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
October 12, 2006	Colloquis
July 26, 2006	Azyxxi
July 18, 2006	Winternals
July 17, 2006	Softricity
May 18, 2006	Whale Communications
May 4, 2006	Massive Inc.
April 6, 2006	Lionhead Studios
April 3, 2006	ProClarity Corp
March 7, 2006	Apptimum Inc.
March 7, 2006	Onfolio Inc.
February 13, 2006	Motion Bridge

2005 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
September 19, 2005	Alacris Inc.
November 3, 2005	FolderShare
November 3, 2005	media-streams.com AG
August 30, 2005	Teleo Inc.
July 20, 2005	FrontBridge Technologies
March 10, 2005	Groove Networks Inc.
February 8, 2005	Sybari Software Inc.

2004 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
December 16, 2004	GIANT Company Software
April 26, 2004	ActiveViews

2003 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
April 30, 2003	PlaceWare
February 19, 2003	Connectix

2002 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
October 22, 2002	Vicinity
September 24, 2002	Rare
Sept. 10, 2002	XDegrees
May 7, 2002	Navision

2001 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
May 3, 2001	Ensemble Studios
April 30, 2001	NCompass Labs
Jan. 12, 2001	Design Intelligence

2000 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
December 21, 2000	Great Plains Software
December 5, 2000	Digital Anvil
Oct. 26, 2000	WebAppoint
September 18, 2000	Pacific Microsonics Inc.
September 13, 2000	MongoMusic
July 12, 2000	NetGames USA
June 19, 2000	Bungie Software
June 12, 2000	Driveoff.Com
February 29, 2000	Peach Networks

1999 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
Oct. 29, 1999	Entropic
Sept. 17, 1999	Softway Systems
Sept. 15, 1999	Visio
July 21, 1999	STNC
July 7, 1999	ZOOMIT
July 1, 1999	Sendit
June 14, 1999	OmniBrowse
June 7, 1999	ShadowFactor
April 26, 1999	Jump Networks
April 19, 1999	Access Software
March 4, 1999	CompareNet

1998 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
Nov. 5, 1998	LinkExchange
August 25, 1998	Valence Research
April 28, 1998	The MESA Group
April 9, 1998	Firefly Network
Feb. 23, 1998	Flash Communications

1997 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
Dec. 31, 1997	Hotmail
Aug. 5, 1997	VXtreme
June 30, 1997	LinkAge Software
June 13, 1997	Cooper & Peters
May 7, 1997	Dimension X
April 6, 1997	WebTV Networks
March 3, 1997	Intersé

1996 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
Dec. 10, 1996	NetCarta
Nov. 20, 1996	ResNova Software
Oct. 29, 1996	OLAP technology from Panorama Software
June 17, 1996	Electric Gravity Inc.
June 11, 1996	eShop Inc.
April 15, 1996	EXOS Inc.
April 8, 1996	aha! software
March 12, 1996	Colusa and Aspect
Jan. 16, 1996	Vermeer Technologies Inc.

1995 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
Dec. 12, 1995	Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd.
Nov. 6, 1995	Interoperability Technology, Expertise from Netwise Inc.
Oct. 16, 1995	The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks, Ltd.
July 31, 1995	Dare to Dream Intertainment
July 10, 1995	SNMP Technology From Network Managers
Feb. 23, 1995	RenderMorphics, Ltd.

1994 acquisitions

Press Release	Company
Nov. 15, 1994	One Tree Software
Nov. 1, 1994	NextBase
Sept. 27, 1994	Altamira
June 28, 1994	SOFTIMAGE