Tech sector still constricting
As it has since the days of the runaway dot-com boom, the supply chain technology sector continues to shake out, with large companies gobbling up small ones and mid-size companies merging with each other — all with the goal of staking out a larger market share. With software giants Microsoft Corp. and SAP agreeing to codevelop an enterprise solution (code-named Mendocino), virtually no deal is too big that it can't eventually happen. Just ask PeopleSoft.
The following scorecard highlights all significant corporate moves in the technology sector since our last update in the May 2005 Logistics Today:
| Company/Product | Parent Company | Transaction Type |
| GNX | Worldwide Retail Exchange | merger |
| Intentia International | Lawson Software Inc. | acquisition |
| Intigma | Emptoris | acquisition |
| Lighthammer Software Development Corp. | SAP | acquisition |
| Mitrix Inc. | Mitsui USA | spinoff |
| Quatrotech | Alien Technology Corp. | acquisition |
| R4 Global Solutions | VeriSign Inc. | acquisition |
| Reva Systems | n/a | launch |
| Sapphire Consulting Services | Quintek Technologies Inc. | spinoff |
| Symagery Microsystems Inc. | Psion Teklogix | acquisition |
| Transora | UCCnet | acquisition |
| Webplan | Kinaxis | name change |
| Xelus Inc. | Click Commerce Inc. | acquisition |
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