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IBM nabs PureEdge to weaken Adobe and Microsoft

IBM today announced its intention to acquire 70-person PureEdge, a 12 year old privately-held company based in Canada. This is yet another small technology-focussed acquisition, along the lines of AlphaBlox, SRD and Venetica. PureEdge’s eponymous 8X solution supports the development, delivery and utilisation of electronic forms, based on the W3C’s XForms standard developed by the [...]