The phrase "acquired the software" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of obtaining or purchasing software for use.
Example: "After thorough research, the company acquired the software that best fits their needs."
Alternatives: "obtained the software" or "purchased the software."
BOEING CO., Seattle, as part of its expansion into computerized maintenance services, said that it had acquired the software company AeroInfo Systems Inc.
Cognet Corporation, a Valhalla-based developer of software management technologies for corporate computing and personal communications devices, has acquired the software producer myITcorp in a stock purchase agreement valued at $7.5 million.
Last year, Hewlett-Packard acquired the software maker Autonomy for $11.7 billion, while the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is currently seeking to buy Misys, another British software company, for $2 billion.
After a tumultuous few years in which H.P.'s board hired and then fired a new chief executive, acquired the software maker Autonomy for $11.1 billion and then wrote off most of the investment, and watched its stock price plunge more than 50 percent, some major shareholders and proxy advisory services recommended shareholders withhold their votes for several directors.
Flextronics acquired the software last May and charges tens of thousands of dollars to use it.
The tech company acquired the software when it bought the smartphone maker Palm for $1.2bn £767mm) last year.
Gandalf Murphy was able to acquire the software and equipment to start laying down tracks for "Flapjacks From the Sky" in late 2001.
Wladawsky-Berger is betting that IBM can make money selling software and hardware around those free layers".More money will be made in services and less in acquiring the software itself," he says.
The first is that by acquiring the software "backbone" powering travel search, Google will be able to squeeze out its rivals over time.
