Alliances & Partnerships

METAVANTE BUYS BROKAT

Metavante Corp. (Milwaukee) will acquire the North American Internet banking and brokerage unit of Brokat Technologies (San Jose, CA).

S2/STRATUS PACT

Dallas-based transaction processing software solutions provider S2 Systems will enter into a global marketing agreement with Stratus Technologies (Maynard, MA) to provide payment solutions for Microsoft (Redmond, WA) Windows 2000 operating environments.

PROGRAMMERA MERGES

Programmera (Stockholm) and the Giga Group (Cambridge, MA), an IT consulting company, have merged. The new company will offer its services to the financial services industries.

MITCHELL BUYS ENSERA

Mitchell International (San Diego, CA) will purchase Ensera, Inc. (Redwood Shores, CA). Ensera will help Mitchell expedite commerce and communication among members of the automotive collision repair industry.

INSURITY/CODE-1 PLUS

Insurity (Hartford) will resell Group 1 Plus' (Lanham, MD) Code-1 Plus address correction and verification software with its Commercial Intellisys offering, a commercial property and casualty underwriting, rating, and policy production system.

BTS & TABLELOGIC

Business & Technical Solutions (Cincinatti) will remarket the TableLogic Group's (Austin, TX) Smart System Development Facility, P&C Fraud Referral Business Component and the Personal Auto Company Tier Assignment Business Component.