Seagate Technology Inc has bought Holistic Systems Ltd of London for $84m cash. Holistic will join the Seagate Software, Information Management Group, which markets the Crystal line of leading query and reporting products, including Crystal Reports and Crystal Info. Holistic Systems’ principal global and US offices will remain in London and Edison, New Jersey respectively. Seagate Software says that the goal of the enlarged unit is to help companies answer their day-to-day business questions and that the combination of the analytical capabilities of Holos with the open architecture of the Crystal product line creates a complete line of Enterprise Business Intelligence systems for desktop- to large-scale deployment and enables the company to meet its goal.
