I said I would expand on what I said earlier about Business Objects. If you were to ask Paul Clark, director of Business Objects ' corporate product marketing, you would think that Business Objects just hates all this acquisition talk. He told me that Business Objects prides itself on its independence, and has no plans to be taken over, not by anyone. No way, no how.
That is not to say that Business Objects isn't partnering heavily with IBM. And you can "learn more about Business Objects solutions from IBM," here. It is nice to see companies partnering so well together, just like kids on a playground.
The fascinating thing is, the more Business Objects protests that it is an independent company that is not interested in being acquired, the more its stock rises on the NASDAQ. And please note, while I heard a lot of buzz on this the week before last, when Oracle bought Hyperion, no less than ten people told me at the Gartner BI Summit that Business Objects is an acquisition target of IBM, though Paul Walker and my contacts at IBM have vociferously denied this.
My question is, if IBM doesn't buy Business Objects, who will get there first?
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