In January 2011, the company announced the acquisition of Rivermine, Inc., a provider of telecom expense management (TEM) solutions.
In May 2011, Emptoris acquired Xcitec, a provider of supplier management software headquartered in Munich, Germany.
[3] The company has partner relationships with management consulting firms including Accenture, Deloitte and IBM.
The company is headquartered in Burlington, MA, USA, and has operations in Fairfax, VA; Reading, UK, Munich, Germany; Shanghai, China, and Pune, India, among other locations.
On December 15, 2011, IBM announced a deal to acquire Emptoris as part of its "Smarter Commerce" initiative.