Posted on May 13, 2008 by Judith
I was minding my own business and twittering (I think that is how you say it) when I noticed a breaking news story from the Wall Street Journal: HP would be acquiring EDS. This is quite a significant transition for HP that will help transform the company into a new position in the market. Now, [...]
Filed under: BEA, EDS, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Tibco, cloud computing | Tagged: EDS, HP, mainframe software | 4 Comments »
Posted on January 19, 2008 by Judith
Just when it began to look like BEA might take itself private, the company gave into the mounting pressure and became the latest Oracle acquisition. A few months ago I wrote about my thoughts on the potential acquisition. While on the surface it might appear that Oracle is going after the customer base, [...]
Filed under: BEA, Oracle, business process, middleware, software industry | Tagged: Forte, Java, Jonathan Swartz, middleware, MySQL, NetDynamics, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, transaction processing, Tuxedo | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 21, 2007 by Judith
I love the end of the year. I get to sneak out of the office for a few days and stay off of airplanes. I also have a chance to look ahead to the new year. I like making predictions. Sometimes, I am years ahead of the market; other times I am able to hit [...]
Filed under: BEA, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, SaaS, Salesforce.com, Virtualization, Web 2.0, cloud computing, information management, service oriented architecture, software industry, systems management | Tagged: , BEA, cloud computing, data management, EMC, Google, HP, IBM, information managment, management software, Microsoft, Oslo, SaaS, SAP, SOA, Virtualization, VMware, Zoho | 1 Comment »
Posted on December 9, 2007 by Judith
I am back from SAP’s annual industry influencer conference. When I attend one of these meetings I typically take lots of notes on my laptop so that after the fact I can go back and make sense of what the executives actually said. It is a fascinating process. When I take these [...]
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Posted on October 12, 2007 by Judith
It has been quite a week. First, SAP sets its sights on Business Objects and now for about the same amount of money, Oracle is ready to swallow BEA. Indeed, it looks like the world of enterprise software is continuing to consolidate. So, what do I think? I actually think that Oracle’s decision [...]
Filed under: BEA, IBM, Oracle, Tibco, service oriented architecture, software industry | Tagged: BEA, business process management, IBM, middleware, Oracle, SOA, Tibco | 1 Comment »
