M&A Deals That Reshaped The Channel: October 2016

16. Micro Strategies

Company acquired: New England Systems

Head count: 11-50 employees

Annual revenue: Not disclosed

Purchase price: Not disclosed

Date of announcement: Oct. 25

Micro Strategies acquired Ludlow, Mass.-based New England Systems (NES) to expand its geographic reach on the East Coast and boost its proficiency around big data, business analytics and information management solutions.

NES provides complete, end-to-end information management solutions for companies throughout the Northeast, a region also served by Parsippany, N.J.-based Micro Strategies. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of 2016.

Micro Strategies is planning to build an Innovation Center in the Boston area following the close of the NES acquisition to further support current and prospective customers in the New England area.