Alliances & Partnerships

Skywire, Docucorp to Merge

Hall Financial Group subsidiary Skywire Software (Frisco, Texas) will acquire all of Docucorp's (Dallas) outstanding shares, and the companies will merge, forming one of the largest financial services software and services providers.

Aon to Acquire Valley Oak Systems

Aon (Chicago) will acquire Valley Oak Systems (Ramon, Calif.). Aon will integrate VOS' iVOS claims management software with Aon's Risk Console risk management information system to offer an end-to-end, browser-based solution.

Capgemini to Buy Kanbay

Capgemini (Paris) will acquire Kanbay International (Chicago) for $29 per share in cash. The transaction will bolster Capgemini's delivery platform in India, and the combined company will provide expanded offerings in the IT service arena.

Microtech, DocuLynx Team

Media publication technology developer Microtech Systems (Belmont, Calif.) and archive and retrieval developer DocuLynx (Omaha, Neb.) have partnered to offer robust data management and digital media publication solutions for mission-critical data.

LANSA Joins Forces With Chrono-Logic

LANSA (Downers Grover, Ill.) and Chrono-Logic (Quebec) will jointly market their respective products to the IBM (Armonk, N.Y.) Systems i (AS/400) community.