Microsoft Corporation acquired Design Intelligence, a transaction announced in January 2001, structured as Acquisition (terms not disclosed).
Design Intelligence is based in United States (Seattle, Washington). Design Intelligence was a Seattle-based developer of document-design and publishing technology for automated, high-quality page layout and composition. Microsoft acquired the company for its document-composition technology, which was later incorporated into Microsoft's productivity and document-rendering products. No official acquisition press release is indexed on Microsoft's newsroom; the deal appears on Microsoft's investor acquisition-history page.
Acquire document-design and publishing/composition technology for use in Microsoft's productivity and document products.
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.