Our Take on the MapInfo Acquisition

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In this week's Directions on the News podcast we dig deeper into offer by Pitney Bowes to buy MapInfo. We will explore the background of this transaction and what it means for partners and resellers of MapInfo. We'll provide listeners with news that will help them assess the long-term impact if they are an existing customer. And we'll examine what the competitive environment might look like as Pitney Bowes encroaches on the location intelligence marketplace occupied by companies like Oracle or ESRI. Join Editors Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg as they weed through the public statements of both companies to provide you with the news you can use. In this week's Directions on the News podcast we dig deeper into offer by Pitney Bowes to buy MapInfo. We will explore the background of this transaction and what it means for partners and resellers of MapInfo. We'll provide listeners with news that will help them assess the long-term impact if they are an existing customer. And we'll examine what the competitive environment might look like as Pitney Bowes encroaches on the location intelligence marketplace occupied by companies like Oracle or ESRI. Join Editors Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg as they weed through the public statements of both companies to provide you with the news you can use.

• Pitney Bowes to Acquire MapInfo (press release)
• Pitney Bowes Pays Premium for MapInfo (All Points Blog)
• Pitney Bowes to Acquire MapInfo for for $408 million (All Points Blog)
• Pitney Bowes/MapInfo - Take #2 (All Points Blog)
• MapInfo-L on Pitney Bowes Acquisition (All Points Blog)
• More Tidbits on MapInfo Acquisition (All Points Blog)
• Pitney Bowes (website)