Hewlett-Packard buys Mercury, which had acquired Systinet

When I interviewed at the company I work for now, it was still Systinet. When I joined, Systinet was already a division of Mercury. This morning I found an email in my inbox saying Mercury had been bought by Hewlett-Packard. The total value of the transaction was $4.5 billion.

More information

• MSN.com — HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5 bln
• Bloomberg.com — Hewlett-Packard to Buy Mercury for About $4.5 Billion (Update2)
• The Seattle Times — HP buys software maker Mercury