Microsoft Purchases by Time
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Microsoft 2008

NamePrice Sell Date 
Kidaro$100mMar, 2008Enterprise Desktop Virtualization,
Komoku-Mar, 2008 -
Calista Technologies-Jan, 2008Desktop Virtualization Solutions
Fast Search & Transfer$1.3BJan, 2008Enterprise Search Company
Viralytics Media-Jan, 2008Online Ad Network
Caligari-Feb, 20083-D modeling and animation software
Danger-Feb, 2008 -
YaData$30mFeb, 2008micro-segment advertising,
Microsoft 2007

NamePrice Sell Date 
Global Care Solutions-Oct, 2007Health care software vendor.
Jellyfish.com-Oct, 2007Online discount shopping site.
aQuantive$6BMay, 2007Global digital marketing and advertising solutions
ScreenTonic SA-May, 2007Mobile advertising solutions
SoftArtisans OfficeWriter-May, 2007Reporting authoring in Microsoft Office.
devBiz Business Solutions-Mar, 2007Web interface for Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Tellme Networks$750mMar, 2007Voice services, Estm.
Dundas-Jun, 2007Charting controls for SQL Server
Engyro Cincinnati-Jun, 2007Interoperability software - Systems Center & Ops Mgr
Stratature-Jun, 2007Unified Master Data Management Solution
AdEcn-July, 2007Advertising Exchange Platform
Secured Dimensions-Jan, 2007Secured Software Provisioning,
Medstory-Feb, 2007Health care search technology
Multimap.com-Dec, 2007Location based services.
Parlano-Aug, 2007topic-specific, multiparty instant messaging - enterprise
Microsoft 2006

NamePrice Sell Date 
DesktopStandard Corporation-Sep, 2006Group policy-based enterprise desktop management
Gteko-Sep, 2006Networking and support software manufacturer
Colloquis Inc-Oct, 2006Intelligent agents
DeepMetrix Corporation-May, 2006Business intelligence solutions
Massive Inc.-May, 2006Ingame-Advertising
Whale Communications$75mMay, 2006Firewall-Specialist,
Apptimum-Mar, 2006PC Settings/User State Migration Software
Onfolio-Mar, 2006Internet search and information management provider
StringBean Target-Mar, 2006iSCSI SAN solution
Vexcel-Mar, 2006Satellite Imaging
iView Multimedia-Jun, 2006Digital Asset Management software for Macintosh and Windows
Softricity-Jul, 2006Application Virtualization and Application Streaming
Winternals-Jul, 2006Sysinternals freeware tools provider
DynaComm i-Feb, 2006Only the web filtering product
MotionBridge-Feb, 2006Search technology for mobile operators & the mobile Internet
Azzyxi-Aug, 2006 -
AssetMetrix Corporation-Apr, 2006Asset-management and Business intelligence
Lionhead Studios-Apr, 2006Games Developer
ProClarity-Apr, 2006Business-Intelligence-Specialist
Microsoft 2005

NamePrice Sell Date 
Alacris-Sep, 2005Identity and Access Management Solutions Provider
Teleo-Sep, 2005 -
Unveil Technologies Inc. - tech sale-Oct, 2005Microsoft Speech Server
FolderShare-Nov, 2005Remote Access and Synchronization Software
MediaStreams-Nov, 2005VoIP Software
MessageCast Inc.-May, 2005Automated alerting and messaging services
ContentGuard-Mar, 2005DRM technologies
FRx Software Corporation-Mar, 2005Financial analytic applications
Groove Networks Inc.$120mMar, 2005Collaboration software,
FrontBridge Inc.-July, 2005Email Protection Services
En'tegrate Software LLC - tech sale-Feb, 2005Axapta-related technology
Sybari Software Inc.$163mFeb, 2005Anti-virus, anti-spam, and content-filtering add-ons - between
GeoTango-Dec, 20053D mapping and visualization GeoTango
UMT-Dec, 2005Project & portfolio management software
Microsoft 2004

NamePrice Sell Date 
Lookout Software LLC$10mJul, 2004E-mail and desktop search
GIANT Company Software-Dec, 2004Spyware protection, detection and removal tool
Encore Business Solutions, Inc.-Apr, 2004Accounting products
ActiveViews Inc.-Apr, 2004Ad hoc reporting product
Microsoft 2003 and Prior

NamePrice Sell Date 
Creature House Ltd.-Nov, 2003Natural media drawing software
PlaceWare Inc.$200mMay, 2003Online Web conferencing service -
RAV Antivirus - GECAD-Jun, 2003 -
Connectix-Feb, 2003Virtual PC and Virtual Server
Rare Ltd.$375mSep, 2002Video games -
Vicinity Corp.$105mOct, 2002Internet-based marketing infrastructure services -
Navision Software A/S$1.45BMay, 2002Business applications, ERP
Sales Management Systems-May, 2002Provider of point-of-sale software.
Ensemble Studios-May, 2001Video games
iCommunicate-May, 2001Business application for bCentral and later Microsoft CRM
Maximal Innovative Intelligence Ltd.-Feb, 2001Business Intelligence
Great Plains Software Inc.$1.4BApr, 2001Business applications, accounting
NCompass Labs Inc.$36mApr, 2001Web content-management solutions -
MongoMusic$65mSep, 2000Online service with advanced music-searching capabilities-
Pacific Microsonics Inc.-Sep, 2000Digital music software
Bungie Software Products Corp.$38mJun, 2000Action oriented computer and video games - Approx.
Driveoff.Com-Jun, 2000Online car sales
NetGames USA-Jul, 2000retail and Web-based games
Peach Network LLC-Feb, 2000Enhanced television services for digital television
Digital Anvil Inc.-Dec, 2000Video games
Softway Systems Inc.-Sep, 1999Customer interoperability solutions
Visio Corp.$1.4BSep, 1999Enterprise-wide business diagramming & tech drawing
Entropic Research Laboratory Inc.$90mOct, 1999Speech recognition software -
CompareNet Inc.-Mar, 1999Online comparison-shopping service
Numinous Technology-Mar, 1999Internet graphics, digital video management and traditional printing
OmniBrowse Inc. Bellevue$400mJun, 1999Applications for wireless handheld devices -
ShadowFactor Software Inc.$120mJun, 1999Video games -
Sendit AB$130mJul, 1999Mobile Internet solutions -
STNC Enterprises-Jul, 1999Internet access solutions for wireless products
ZOOMIT Corp-Jul, 1999meta-directory products
FASA Interactive Technologies-Jan, 1999Video game division
Access Software Inc.-Apr, 1999sports simulation software and adventure games
Jump Networks Inc.-Apr, 1999Web-based calendar services
LinkExchange Inc.$250mNov, 1998advertising network -
Compu-Global-Hyper-Mega-Net.Feb, 1998 -
Flash Communications-Feb, 1998Messaging client/server product
Valence Research Inc.-Aug, 1998Advanced clustering software
Firefly Network Inc.$40mApr, 1998Personalization software -
MESA Group Inc.-Apr, 1998Messaging and applications migration products
Dimension X-May, 1997Multimedia technology
Intersé Corp.-Mar, 1997Software for analyzing user activity on World Wide Web sites
Cooper & Peters Inc.$20mJun, 1997Object-oriented user-interface frameworks and apps
LinkAge Software Inc.$30mJun, 1997Connectivity solutions for e-mail software -
Hotmail Corp.$395mJan, 1997Webmail service -
Vxtreme Inc.$75mAug, 1997Web Theater technology -
WebTV Networks Inc.$425mApr, 1997Enhanced TV services using Internet and digital technologies
ResNova Software Inc.-Nov, 1996Web server products
Colusa Software Inc.-Mar, 1996Object-oriented programming software for the Internet
eShop Inc.-Jun, 1996Internet commerce software
Vermeer Technologies Inc$130mJan, 1996Visual, standards-based Web publishing tools -
NetCarta Corp.$20mDec, 1996Web-site management software -
EXOS Inc.-Apr, 1996Force feedback technology for game control devices
Blue Ribbon Soundworks Ltd-Oct, 1995Interactive music software for games
NextBase Inc.-Jan, 1995"AutoRoute", "Automap", "Streets and Trips"
RenderMorphics Ltd.-Feb, 1995RealityLab software for 3d graphics, later - "Direct3D 3.0"
Bruce Artwick Organization Ltd.-Dec, 1995Entertainment software (Flight Simulator), 3-D graphics packages -
One Tree Software.-Nov, 1994Version Control software, SourceSafe
Softimage Inc.-Jun, 1994High-end 3-D animation - sold to Avid Technology Inc. 1998
Fox Software$173m???, 1992Database software
Consumers Software Inc.-Apr, 1991The Network Courier
Forethought Inc.-Aug, 1987Presentation and graphics software
Microsoft 1986

NamePrice Sell Date 
Dynamical Systems Research Ltd$1.5m???, 1986Multitasking operating system