Legent Corp, Herndon, Virginia is back in buying mode in a big way, and having moved for Networx Inc last week (CI No 2,242), it yesterday announced it had acquired Corporate Microsystems Inc, Lebanon, New Hampshire developer of software distribution and file transfer software for Unix and OS/2. Legent reckons that with the acquired technology, it now has the most comprehensive set of software distribution and file transfer offerings, encompassing both server-based and host-based products, plus asynchronous and TCP/IP via satellite communications. It also likes the access it gets to Corporate’s value-added reseller and distribution channels, which take it further from its traditional centralised information technology market. The target has 42 employees and 1,500 customers; terms were not given.
