Microsoft Corporation acquired media-streams.com AG, a transaction announced in November 2005, structured as Acquisition (terms not disclosed).
media-streams.com AG operates in Real-Time Collaboration Group, is based in Switzerland (Zurich). media-streams.com AG was a Zurich, Switzerland-based developer of VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) communications applications for enterprise and small to midsize customers. Microsoft acquired it to accelerate its unified-communications vision, integrating voice into the collaboration capabilities of the Microsoft Office System via Office Live Communications Server.
Accelerate Microsoft's unified-communications strategy by integrating VoIP with Office collaboration through Live Communications Server.
We are in lock-step with Microsoft's vision of bringing voice and data collaboration together.Erich Gebhardt, CEO, media-streams.com
Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.