InfoSpace (INSP) to acquire Go2Net (GNET)

   *  Amount:         $4 billion

   *  Terms:            84 million shares

   *  Premium:        45%

   *  Industry:        Search/Portals

   *  Scorecard:      B

PALO ALTO, July 26--InfoSpace, a provider of online infrastructure and services to businesses, agreed to buy Go2Net

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, in a transaction valued at about $4 billion. By integrating these two companies, InfoSpace will be able to extend its infrastructure services by integrating Go2Net's search properties, multiplayer gaming platform, and payment processing capabilities, positioning the combined company as a provider of an integrated user experience across all devices and networks, from wireless to DSL to broadband. Read analysis of this deal in Kelly Black's DealTracker.

 

 Breakaway Solutions (BWAY) acquires Zartis

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Consultants/Designers

   *  Scorecard:      B+

BOSTON, July 26--Breakaway Solutions, a full service provider of integrated strategy, e-business implementation, and application hosting solutions for growing enterprises, announced that the Company has launched its European Solution Center through the acquisition of Zartis Limited, a Dublin-based Internet development firm. The Zartis acquisition adds 40 employees to Breakaway Solutions and expands the Company's European presence, which already includes an office in London and hosting facilities in London and Amsterdam. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

 

 Symbol Technologies (SBL) to acquire Telxon (TLXN)

   *  Amount:         $465 million

   *  Terms:            100% stock

   *  Premium:        25%

   *  Industry:        Speed/Bandwidth

   *  Scorecard:      B

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y., July 26--Symbol Technologies and Telxon Corporation announced that Symbol will acquire Telxon in a stock-for-stock merger that will create a global leader in wireless handheld computing systems across many industries and vertical applications. Telxon shareholders will receive 0.50 of a Symbol share for each Telxon share, valued at approximately $465 million.

 

 FactSet Research Systems (FDS) to acquire Insyte

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            100% cash

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance software

   *  Scorecard:      B+

GREENWICH, Conn., July 26--FactSet Research Systems , a supplier of computer-based financial and economic data to the investment community, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Innovative Systems Techniques (Insyte), a provider of database management and decision support systems. Vision, Insyte's flagship product, is capable of integrating numerous data sources while providing users the functionality to customize front-end applications, and will immediately be offered to FactSet's existing clients. Under the terms of the agreement, FactSet will acquire all of Insyte's outstanding stock for cash. The purchase price was not disclosed.

 

 US Interactive (USIT) acquires The Fourth Room Limited

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            100% stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Consultants/Designers

   *  Scorecard:      B-

PHILADELPHIA, July 26--U.S. Interactive, an e-business solutions firm helping to transform some of the world's leading companies into dominant e-business enterprises, has acquired The Fourth Room Limited, a 25 person, London-based marketing and strategy consulting firm for consideration principally in the form of US Interactive stock. The balance of the terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Fourth Room acquisition provides US Interactive with enhanced strategic consulting skills, an expertise in marketing and brand strategy, and allows the Company to leverage its growing European expansion.

 

 Onvia.com (ONVI) to acquire Globe-1

   *  Amount:         $26.7 million

   *  Terms:            2.85 million shares

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-commerce enablers

   *  Scorecard:      C+

SEATTLE, July 26--Onvia.com, a business-to-business exchange for small business buyers and sellers, announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Globe-1 for 2.85 million shares of Onvia common stock, valued at approximately $26.7 million. Globe-1 is a leading government-to-business exchange that provides procurement services to government agencies in major U. S. cities, and will provide Onvia with a fee-based high margin revenue stream through licensing and ASP fees from the government agencies.

 

 Uproar (UPRO) to acquire iwin.com

   *  Amount:         $88 million

   *  Terms:            14.7 millionshares

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Content/Communities

   *  Scorecard:      A-

NEW YORK, July 26--Strengthening its position in the online entertainment space, Uproar, producer of uproar.com, an online entertainment destination, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire iwin.com, a games-for-prizes and Internet lottery site. The transaction will increase Uproar's unduplicated unique user audience to approximately 9.2 million, which would place it as the 20th most visited Web site on the Internet. Uproar will buy all outstanding shares of iwin.com in a stock-for-stock deal in which iwin.com stockholders will receive a total of about 14.7 million shares of Uproar stock, valued at approximately $88 million.

 

 VIA NET.WORKS (VNWI) acquires Smartcomp

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        ISPs/Access providers

   *  Scorecard:      C+

RESTON, Va., July 26--VIA NET.WORKS, an international single-source provider of Internet access and services to businesses in Europe and Latin America, has acquired Smartcomp AG, a premier Swiss Internet services provider. With the addition of Smartcomp, VIA NET.WORKS continues to expand its operations in 12 European and Latin American countries, offering a complete suite of services, including access, e-mail, domain registration, Web site hosting, advanced data networking services, e-commerce tools and Internet security.