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Around three years ago, I met with Wolfgang Ferse of IRM at E-World in Essen to discuss OLF’s acquisition of IRM. I was keen and interested to understand the integration strategy and how the two companies would work together (see that IssueAlert in our archives here). I also remarked that the acid test, according to Dr. Ferse, was both the “cultural fit and the degree of happiness with IRM’s key staff with the arrangement and the successful integration of the two product suites.”

Open Link Financial, Inc., announced today that it has acquired dbc SMARTsoftware, Inc., a global provider of software solutions for the agricultural, biofuel and soft commodity industries.

dbc develops and markets SMARTsoft, a premier software solution suite for producers, processors, manufacturers and traders who buy, sell, hedge, warehouse, merchandise, export, and transform commodities into value-added products and by-products for distribution. With hundreds of installations in sixteen countries, dbc provides mission critical solutions that help manage exposure to commodity price and currency fluctuations while providing a portfolio of components to manage the complete value chain of agricultural-based products, chemicals, softs and fuels.