From announce at lists.ingres.com Tue Jul 25 09:56:09 2006 From: announce at lists.ingres.com (announce@lists.ingres.com) Date: Thu Mar 8 10:19:55 2007 Subject: [Announce] Ingres Announces Its First Acquisition Message-ID: <44C64D29.8030406@ingres.com> July 25, 2006 Dear Ingres Community Member: Ingres is pleased to announce that it has acquired Thinking Instruments AG, a respected Ingres services provider and reseller headquartered in Ilmenau, Germany. With the acquisition of Thinking Instruments, Ingres completes its first acquisition and immediately broadens its global reach within Germany and the Middle East. Thinking Instruments presents a unique opportunity for Ingres to rapidly expand its capabilities by adding a self-sustaining, profitable business into its services portfolio. An Ingres reseller for 13 years, Thinking Instruments brings a wealth of experience using Ingres in the public sector and in various industries, including steel and energy, as well as experience building and servicing Ingres-based applications. We're excited to bring that experience to the forefront in supporting our customers throughout the world. This acquisition is just one of the many strategies we're pursuing to provide customers with superior enterprise software and services at a much lower cost. We will continue to actively explore and evaluate other opportunities ? products and companies ? that fit within Ingres's business model and goals. For more information about the announcement, please visit our web site at _http://www.ingres.com _. Kindest regards, Dave Dargo Ingres CTO and Senior Vice President of Strategy