When IBM decided to become the leader in the way companies manage documents, it approached rival FileNet Corp. in Costa Mesa and offered $1.6 billion. FileNet said yes on Thursday. But not without ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 20, 2003 — FileNet Corporation and Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to implement a series of new development, sales and global marketing initiatives to ...

Making its third software acquisition in a week, IBM said Thursday it would buy enterprise content management provider FileNet for US$1.6 billion in cash. Big Blue said it would use the FileNet ...