ANTs software inc. (ANTs) is developing the Ants Compatibility Server (ACS) and develops, markets and supports the ANTs Data Server ADS. ACS is middleware that is intended to offer a method to move applications from one database to another and enable enterprises to achieve cost efficiencies by consolidating their applications onto fewer databases. The Company had developed technologies used in the monitoring and management of applications and databases related to ACS. In May 2008, it sold high-performance technologies and the intellectual property related to it, retaining a license to use those technologies in ACS. On May 30, 2008, the Company acquired Inventa Technologies, Inc.