TechInsights/UBM acquires EDA Ltd and Embedded Systems Show
Just got a note from Paul Miller about the acquisition of EDA Ltd., the nascent Embedded Systems Show in the UK and the only and print components of ESE Magazine. The news release is below. This gives TechInsights a foothold into the embedded industry in Europe that is currently dominated by the Embedded World Conference in Nuremberg, Germany, something UBM has wanted for some time. While the acquisition is not huge in comparison to some of UBM's other acquisitions it brings an interesting level of competition between conferences in the Old World around technology that is, arguably, dominated by Europe: namely Embedded Design. And since TechIisights sees a lot of it's future in that industry, this makes a lot of sense. It also comes without some fairly heavy baggage, i.e the Design Automation and Test Exposition that bounces annually between France and Germany. That conference, which has been run by EDA Ltd. has become extremely unprofitable...