Rocket Software Announces Acquisition of Computer Corporation of America

Computer Corporation of America to Become Rocket Business Unit, Will Remain in Boston Area

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com), a Boston-based developer of Enterprise Infrastructure products, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Computer Corporation of America of Waltham, Massachusetts. The companies are not disclosing financial terms of the deal. A further announcement will be made once this transaction closes.

Since 1965, Computer Corporation of America has designed, developed, and deployed high performance database systems for enterprises around the globe. The Computer Corporation of America flagship product, Model 204, is used to store and access large volumes of data and manages high transaction loads. Other Computer Corporation of America products include OASIS, MarketPulse, CCA Analytics and System 1032.

Andy Youniss, President and CEO of Rocket Software, said that, “We have a 20 year history of working closely with IBM mainframe customers, specifically in the areas of database, storage, applications, and connectivity. Computer Corporation of America products fit into the Rocket portfolio without any overlap, and their customers now have a wide spectrum of product and technology from Rocket that can bring more value to their business and M204 applications. Rocket is also adding tremendous skills to our team with the addition of Computer Corporation of America employees to our staff.”

About Rocket Software

Rocket Software (www.rocketsoftware.com) is a global software development firm that builds and services Enterprise Infrastructure products for the world’s leading OEMs, networks and software companies and enterprises. The company’s products complement and extend strategic infrastructure in the areas of: application modernization, business intelligence, compliance and security, consumer productivity, database servers, database tools, file transfer, mainframe productivity, network management, publishing and search, SOA and integration, storage management, terminal emulation, and text mining. Rocket is engaged in business and technology partnerships with IBM, EMC, RSA (the security division of EMC), HP Enterprise Services, Avaya, Motorola, and many others. Rocket Software is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.