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AmberPoint finally gets acquired
Thanks go out to Oracle this morning for finally putting us out of our suspense. AmberPoint was one of a dwindling group of still-standing independents delivering run time governance of the for SOA environments.
It?s a smart move for Oracle as it patches some gaps in its Enterprise Manager offering, not only in SOA runtime governance, [...]
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BI and CEP: Sybase and Aleri postscript
OK, we?ve gotten off the horn with Sybase. It’s obvious that for now, the deal simply formalizes the partnership that both companies (actually all three if you also count Coral8) already had in place around Sybase’s RAP platform. On one hand, Sybase has little work to do because the products in question already integrate with [...]
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Whatever Event Processing
Consolidation in the software business is like the force of gravity. Although there will always be best of breed solutions, ultimately as a particular solution space matures, it doesn?t do so in isolation. No technology is an island.
But of course, there?s always been the question, what to do about Complex Event processing (CEP)? Obviously, only [...]
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Oracle?s Sun Java Strategy: Business as Usual
In an otherwise pretty packed news day, we?d like to echo @mdl4?s sentiments about the respective importance of Apple?s and Oracle?s announcements: ?Oracle finalized its purchase of Sun. Best thing to happen to Sun since Java. Also: I don’t give a sh#t about the iPad. I said it.?
There?s little new in observing that on the [...]
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BPM Pure Play days numbered with Progress acquisition of Savvion
Is it more than coincidence that acquisitions tend to come in waves? Just weeks after IBM?s announcement to snap up Lombardi just before Christmas, Progress responds with agreement to put Savvion out of its misery? In such a small space that is undergoing active consolidation, it is hard not to know who?s in play.
Nonetheless, Progress?s [...]
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