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IBM's Next Buy: Maybe Israel's Sphera

sphera logo.gif IBM may acquire Israeli start-up Sphera. The startup which was founded in 1998 develops software for hosted applications on server farms. IBM is one of Sphera’s largest customers - it has a number of huge centers around the world, which host enterprise applications on farms with thousands of servers.

Sphera has raised $48M to date. Investors include Gemini Israel Funds, Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP), Bank of America Equity Partners, CSK Venture Capital, Reuters Venture Capital, TLcom Capital Partners, and Vision Capital.

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Sphera Control Panel

Read - IBM mulls buying Israeli start-up Sphera (Globes Online)

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