Thursday, March 13, 2008

Harris Computer Systems buys California software firms

Harris Computer Systems has acquired California's Schoolhouse Software Inc. and its subsidiary KnowledgeCore Software Inc.

Ottawa-based Harris, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto's Constellation Software Inc., announced Wednesday that it has completed the purchase of the school food service software maker and sister company KnowledgeCore, which supplies student relationship management solutions for the adult and vocational education market. Both Schoolhouse and KnowledgeCore are based in Sacramento, Calif.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

"This acquisition represents a continuation of our strategy to expand our product offering of software solutions for school districts," stated Jerry Canada, Harris School Solutions executive vice-president.

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