The phrase "acquisition of software" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to obtaining or purchasing software for personal or business use.
Example: "The acquisition of software is essential for improving our company's operational efficiency."
Alternatives: "procurement of software" or "purchase of software".
It wrote down almost all of its $11 billion acquisition of software firm Autonomy and there is a legal battle between HP and Autonomy over the sale.
Hewlett-Packard and lawyers representing its shareholders have agreed to settle litigation over its troubled $11.1bn acquisition of software company Autonomy, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.
Four days after receiving legal clearance from federal regulators, PeopleSoft Inc. said today that it expected to complete its acquisition of software maker J.D. Edwards for $1.8 billion in cash and stock by midnight tonight.
NEW YORK TIMES H.P. Board Moves to Toughen Oversight | The board of Hewlett-Packard "is investigating the company's flawed $11 billion acquisition of software firm Autonomy Corp., and has set up an informal committee to provide strategic advice to Chief Executive Meg Whitman," The Wall Street Journal reports.
Among the bigger secondary deals this year is the Carlyle Group's sale of the health care company MultiPlan to BC Partners and Silver Lake for $3.1 billion and TPG's $1.4 billion acquisition of software company Vertafore for $1.4 billion from the private equity firms Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity.
Microsoft made news this week by announcing its acquisition of software version control and code hosting platform GitHub for $7.5 billion.
Messina cited the acquisition of software-defined networking startup SocketPlane as an example for how it is focusing on moving Docker forward in these areas.
Cisco's 2007 acquisition of software-as-a-service firm Webex puts it in competition with Microsoft and IBM in the growing market for online collaboration software, and ScanSafe will fit in as its online security app.
Continued growth, healthy balance sheets and steady cash inflows helped Indian software concerns make bold cross-border acquisitions of software, auto components, drugs, telecommunications and other businesses.
Although Oracle's eponymous database has seen steady growth, much of Oracle's growth has come through its aggressive acquisitions of software companies with products for a range of business and technology applications.
Foote, Cone & Belding's David Clauson points out the ascendance of the networking marketplace, and Seagate's recent acquisitions of software firms will better position it in that arena.
