A random thought - Out the blue it seems Adobe acquires web analytics firm Omniture. Lots of speculation on CMSWatch on why it may be. Some have speculated they really want to get their hands on a SaaS platform but the company itself claims that it wants to bring the art of design together with... Continue Reading →
SDL Buys Xyvision
On Xyvision's website today we learned that they have been acquired by SDL. (thanks to @billtrippe for the tweet) I first ran across SDL while I was working on a globalization project several years ago. At the time SDL seemed very much focused on the services rather than the software end of things. Most of their revenue comes from the... Continue Reading →
Open Text the New CA
In the high-tech arena, many companies names really stand out. Not only for their products but also their business style. Most have connotations of both positive and some negative. But one stands out on it's own, Computer Associates, or CA as it is more commonly known. Strangely enough I have never meet an employee of... Continue Reading →
Open Text Sucks up Vignette
I seriously think they need to change the name to Hoover. Open Text sucks up another WCMS vendor in embattled Vignette. I had blogged about this all the way back in August of last year. Marko more recently pondered it's fate and if nothing else at least the speculation is over. I suppose the bargain is too good to... Continue Reading →
Autonomy Enters ECM/WCM with Interwoven Acquisition
Just when I was getting bored watching this market - Interwoven announced today that they are being acquired by Autonomy. The mamoth search vendor driving consolidation in a slightly new direction. We've seen a number of acquisitions as ECM is incorporated into the portfolios of traditional hardware vendors.(IBM/FileNet, EMC/Documentum,HP/Tower) This is interesting because there have been many... Continue Reading →
A RedDot on Vignette
Ran across this speculation regarding rumors of a possible Open Text play to acquire Vignette. Marko discussed possible buyers that might pick up the the troubled WCM in this post. There is no doubt that Open Text has been in an acquisition mood of late though this one is bigger. (see also) While this will... Continue Reading →
Open Text buys into the DAM SaaS Market
Open Text expands into the Dgital Asset Management Software as a Service market with the acquisition of eMotion ,the Media Management division of Corbis corporation. OT is re-branding the unit under their banner as Artesia On Demand for Marketing. This continues an emerging pattern of targeted small acquisitions to "check the boxes" in the catalog.... Continue Reading →
Open Text Buys Document Viewer
From the category of - why doesn't everybody do this - OpenText has announced the acquisition of Spicer Corporation to form their own content viewing, annotation and redaction product. Some major ECM vendors have elected in the past to remain "viewer" agnostic and left this to ISV's. EMC/Documentum for example, after abandoning their docviewer product... Continue Reading →
Oracle’s ECM Vertical Acquisitions
Oracle announce the acquisition of Skywire last week and it highlights the difference between the growth and acquisition strategies of the different players. For those unfamiliar with it, Skywire boasts of having 1450 insurance customers. Clearly a CEVA acquisition. The pattern is not exclusive but this acquisition is not unlike Peoplesoft, Siebel or other major... Continue Reading →
Tower Falls To HP
Another hardware vendor has charged into the ECM space with HP announcing the acquisition of Tower Software. I'll comment more on this later today but Alan Pelz-Sharpe over at CMSWatch has already published his take on the event. A couple of quick points... My first thought - bless Open Text's heart - always a bridesmaid... Continue Reading →
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