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Business software deal for Progress

Progress Software Corporation has acquired Corticon Technologies as it looks to build its Business Rules Management System (BRMS) services, software which enables businesses to simplify decision management.

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Panoramic takes £1 million equity in Concorde

Concorde Solutions, a software asset management company, has secured a £1 million equity investment from venture capital firm Panoramic Growth Equity.

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K3 purchases FD Systems to expand Sage offering

Software solutions provider K3 Business Technology Group has acquired FD Systems (FDS), which specialises in Sage and e-commerce products, for £2.23 million.

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Better Capital-backed Calyx makes two bolt-ons

Jon Moulton's private equity fund Better Capital has advanced portfolio company Calyx Software £6 million to make two strategic, bolt-on acquisitions.

Entrepreneurs

Software supremo: Vin Murria

After notable successes with two British IT companies, Vin Murria is on the fast track yet again with Advanced Computer Software.

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Primary Capital in Amtech Group

Mid-market investor Primary Capital has acquired Amtech Group from HSBC Private Equity for £35 million.

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SDL buys Fredhopper

SDL, a provider of translation software and services, has acquired marketing software specialist Fredhopper for an undisclosed sum.

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Maven Capital Partners backs Vamosa

A second investment has been announced from the government’s Capital for Enterprise (CfE) Fund, in enterprise software company Vamosa.

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Q-Layer acquired by Sun Microsystems

A Belgian specialist in cloud computing whose backers include Wellington Partners has been acquired by US networking giant Sun Microsystems.

Technology

Next big thing: automated call-centres

Along with airport car parks and fake tan, call centres are one of the great ills of the modern world. A company based in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Artingence, believes it has discovered the antidote.

Entrepreneurs

Richard Muirhead: Walking the line

There must be easier ways to make a living than creating a global software company in the UK. But Richard Muirhead, the chief executive of Tideway Systems, wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Anti-fraud software firm receives investment

A Liverpool-based software developer that was established to prevent online credit card fraud has secured a six-figure investment.