Compuware Corp has agreed to acquire Austin, Texas-based Reliant Data Systems Inc, a privately-held data migration software company, on undisclosed terms. Formed in 1996, Reliant has gone through two rounds of venture funding. It launched its initial product, the Data Conversion, Loading and Extraction (DCLE) Engine, a multi-user platform-independent tool for moving, transformation and cleansing of massive amounts of data, in 1997. The product has since been renamed Reliant Bridge. Reliant’s partners include Peoplesoft Inc, IntelliCorp Inc, the Prestige Software International human resources division of Computer Associates International Inc, and Oracle Corp. Jim Treybig, founder of Tandem Computers Inc, is chairman.
Compuware says it expects to integrate Reliant’s technology into its file and data management client server product lines. The product will reduce the time and cost associated with migrating data from existing legacy applications over to new e-commerce or web-based applications and their associated relational databases, Compuware believes. Reliant, which has only 23 employees, will be moved over to Compuware’s testing and implementation lab in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
