Today's Deals: GoAmerica Adds Some Flash

 iGetSmart.com acquires PSE Data Products

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-commerce enablers

   *  Scorecard:      B-

PALM BEACH, Nov. 1--iGetSmart.com, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Workflow Management, announced that it has acquired PSE Data Products ("PSE") of Hayward, California which does business under the name PSE Outsource Logistics. With 48 employees and a state of the art 100,000 square foot distribution center, PSE has a reputation in their marketplace for effectively solving customers' logistics and distribution challenges to its Fortune 1000 clients for the past 25 years. iGetSmart.com will implement its electronic supply chain management system into PSE's mid-size and Fortune 1000 clientele. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

 

 GoAmerica (GOAM) to acquire Flash Creative Management assets

   *  Amount:         $10 million

   *  Terms:            $4 million stock/$6 million cash

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Speed/Bandwidth

   *  Scorecard:      B

HACKENSACK, N.J., Nov. 1--GoAmerica, a nationwide wireless data and Internet services provider, announced it has signed an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume certain liabilities of Flash Creative Management, a management and technology consulting agency, adding professional services to its suite of wireless offerings for corporate customers. By acquiring Flash, GoAmerica is augmenting its current operations to meet the ever-increasing demand for full-service implementation of wireless solutions. The anticipated purchase price consists of $4 million in restricted GoAmerica common stock and cash of $6 million.

 

 Cognos (COGN) acquires Johnson & Michaels

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance software

   *  Scorecard:      B

BURLINGTON, Mass., Nov. 1--Cognos, a leading global business intelligence company, announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Johnson & Michaels (JAMI), a provider of business intelligence consulting services. The JAMI acquisition will enhance Cognos' position as a strategic provider of enterprise solutions to global 2000 companies and will accelerate the expansion of Cognos software across these organizations. Terms of the acquisition of JAMI, which is privately held, were not disclosed.

 

 Listen.com to acquire Scour assets

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Content/Communities

   *  Scorecard:      B+

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1--Listen.com and Scour, an Internet search destination for digital entertainment, announced that Listen.com has entered into an agreement for the purchase of Scour's assets. Founded in 1997, Scour markets its entertainment search site as well as Scour Exchange, the second largest peer-to-peer file-sharing application. With lawsuits filed over allegations of infringement, Scour filed its voluntary Chapter 11 petition in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on October 12, 2000. The sale offer will give Listen.com control of Scour's assets but will not make the company responsible for Scour's legal liabilities.

 

 separateaccounts.com to merge with VIP Private Capital

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Financial services

   *  Scorecard:      B

CARMEL, Calif., Nov. 1--separateaccounts.com, a financial services firm which will provide banks, online brokers and money managers the ability to offer separate accounts to investment clientele, and VIP Private Capital, a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada , announced an agreement to merge. The merged entity, which will operate under the name separateaccounts.com, will combine the technology developed by VIP with the money management expertise of separateaccounts.com to provide an investment vehicle to the new breed of investment companies. Royal Bank of Canada formed VIP Private Capital in April 2000 to be an online private wealth management company for investors in the U.S. that would provide discretionary investment management for high net worth individuals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

 

 uMember.com (UMEM) acquires Continental Computer Exchange

   *  Amount:         $1.3 million

   *  Terms:            950,000 shares

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        E-tailers

   *  Scorecard:      C

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1--uMember.com, a membership-based online discount shopping and destination web site, has acquired Continental Computer Exchange, dba Personal Support Computers (PSC), a 25-year-old retailer and e-tailer of computer and consumer electronic products and accessories in the Los Angeles area. The acquisition of PSC is expected to transform uMember into a 'bricks-and-clicks' company with a retail emphasis on computer hardware, software, and consumer electronics. The acquisition, which closed Oct. 10, 2000, was accomplished through the issuance of 950,000 shares of uMember common stock.

 

 SYLINQ to merge with BEST

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Performance software

   *  Scorecard:      n/a

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 1--SYLINQ, an online benefits administrator, and Brookline Employee Services and Technology (BEST), a Web/IVR-based integrated software provider, announced the merger of the two companies. Salt Lake City-based BEST and Lakewood, Colo.-based SYLINQ merged to become a more powerful player in the world of Web/IVR-based employee benefit administration providers. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.

 

 PlantFind.com acquires Hortworld.com

   *  Amount:         Undisclosed

   *  Terms:            n/a

   *  Premium:        n/a

   *  Industry:        Content/Communities

   *  Scorecard:      n/a

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla., Nov. 1--PlantFind.com, a provider of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce solutions for the professional green industry, has announced the acquisition of Hortworld.com, which houses an extensive collection of horticultural books and professional landscape management software published by Betrock Information Systems. PlantFind's strategic alliance with Betrock and Hortworld.com is expected to form the largest inventory of wholesale nursery stock available online. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.