Microsoft Acquired Vexcel Corp
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Microsoft Acquired Vexcel Corp

It is official: Microsoft Corp. has acquired Vexcel Corp. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Microsoft this deal, the second in the past six months for Microsoft’s Virtual Earth business unit, was done to enhance the talent, technologies, products and services dedicated to fulfilling Microsoft’s vision for best-of-breed local search and mapping solutions for consumers, businesses and government.


In addition, Vexcel’s current assets, including the Ultra-Cam and remote sensing technologies, will help produce the imagery and data in the world, which will be integrated into Windows Live Local and the Virtual Earth platform offerings.

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