SilkRoad Equity, LLC. announced the acquisition of privately held Pendulab, a provider of Enterprise Chat, Marketing and Collaboration solutions, in an all-cash transaction. Financial details were not disclosed. Pendulab will partner immediately with SilkRoad technology, inc., another SilkRoad Equity company, to integrate its solutions into SilkRoad technology’s Collaboration Management Suite of Applications. The Pendulab acquisition now adds Chat Blazer Enterprise and AffiliateShop to the suite. ChatBlazer enables real-time communication via live chat, instant messaging and corporate/enterprise IM, voice conferencing, voice over IP, video and other forms of rich media, with full multi-client capabilities around HTM, Java, and Flash. AffiliateShop provides an affiliate program management system, customer support solution, and an ad tracking ROI toolkit. www.silkroadequity.com, www.silkroadtech.com, www.pendulab.com