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Note: The middleware vendor's latest acquisitions nets a platform for writing apps once and delivering them across Android, Apple, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Windows devices.
Software AG, a business process management, data management, and integration vendor, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Metismo Ltd., a U.K.-based provider of a device-independent mobile application development platform.
The purchase of Metismo, the terms of which were not disclosed, gives Software AG a solid footing in mobile computing, a direction that's crucial for enterprise software vendors in order to meet demand for business-oriented smartphone and tablet-based apps.
Metismo's Bedrock platform lets developers write apps once in Java and deliver them across a range of supported mobile devices, including Android phones and tablets, Apple iPhones and...