The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
A wave of consolidation is sweeping the IT industry, and many open source business applications will be left behind when customers pare down their suppliers, an SAP executive predicted on Wednesday.
In a government deposition, Oracle President Charles Phillips downplayed the relevance of a report he issued in his previous job as Morgan Stanley analyst, in which he declared that SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft comprised an oligopoly for back-office business applications.
Oracle attorneys displayed internal PeopleSoft documents during testimony Thursday that showed the company was indeed concerned about growing competition in business applications from Microsoft and Lawson Software.
SAP has significantly expanded the partner network surrounding its NetWeaver software, signing up the industry's 'big gorillas' to create closer ties to its business applications.
The IT industry's best kept secret is out -- SAP is still up for grabs despite spurning its first suitor, Microsoft.
After its top-secret merger talks with SAP were revealed, Microsoft's motivation for the deal was quickly identified: its interest in the German company was sparked by growth limits in the business software market.
Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but customers, employees and competitors have reason to worry.
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