Today's Deals: Excite@Home Expands its MatchLogic Services

 Business Objects (BOBJ) acquires Executive Computing Group unit

   *  Amount:         $3 million

   *  Terms:            100% cash

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance software

   *  Scorecard:      B

SAN JOSE, Aug. 2--Business Objects, a provider of e-business intelligence solutions, announced the acquisition of the Business Objects unit of its Australian distributor, Executive Computing Group, for a cash transaction of approximately $5.2 million Australian dollars, or US $3 million. The combined operation will be headquartered in Sydney, with offices in Melbourne and Auckland.

 

 Applied Digital Solutions (ADSX) acquires Computer Equity

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance software

   *  Scorecard:      C+

PALM BEACH, Aug. 2--Applied Digital Solutions , a provider of e-business solutions, announced the acquisition of Computer Equity (COMPEC), a privately held holding company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, operating four wholly owned subsidiaries, including Government Telecommunications. The COMPEC acquisition is designed to accelerate Applied Digital's strategic goal of enabling e-business through Computer Telephony Internet Integration.

 

 Excite@Home (ATHM) acquires DataInsight

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Advertising/Marketing

   *  Scorecard:      B-

REDWOOD CITY, Aug. 2--Excite@Home announced that it has acquired DataInsight, an online and offline database marketing systems and applications provider, based in Golden, Colo. The acquisition will further enhance the growing eCRM business of Excite@Home's wholly-owned subsidiary MatchLogic, an online database marketing solutions company. By unifying MatchLogic's leading eCRM expertise with DataInsight's eVista Solutions and Professional Services, MatchLogic is pursuing its goal to become the pre-eminent provider of eBusiness and eCRM solutions.

 

 LendingTree (TREE) acquires HomeSpace Services

   *  Amount:         $12 million

   *  Terms:            cash and stock

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Financial services

   *  Scorecard:      B+

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 2--LendingTree, an online loan marketplace and loan exchange technology provider, announced that the company has acquired key assets of HomeSpace Services for a total purchase price $12 million in a combination of cash and stock. Homespace is a privately-held Internet company that maintains a 7,000 strong nationwide real estate agent network and serves as consumers' one-stop shop for services and resources relating to buying, selling, and maintaining a home. The acquisition should also enable LendingTree to increase mortgage conversion rates on its site by adding valuable home-related services to consumers.