Several of my colleagues and I have been discussing the IBM acquisition of FileNet this morning. Like Sandy I'm not sure what to think. Considering that IBM is already in the ECM and BPM spaces, what does FileNet give them other than a customer base? This, of course, will start a round of speculation about "which products will be killed?". But I don't think we'll find out the answer to that for a while.
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David, I think this gives IBM enough of a footprint in many organizations to aim for a wholesale re-engineering effort, pulling BPM/SOA/BPM together. This could allow organizations to solve a range of problems that they had otherwise been addressing piecemeal.
With FileNet and other recent acquisitions, IBM has built a platform for massive systems re-engineering. If you want to see how I envision it, take a look at: http://improving-nao.blogspot.com/2006/08/ibm-platform-for-massive-systems-re.html
I'm not typically an IBM proponent, but what they have here could be quite compelling. And I'm sure that the acquisitions won't end here!
Cheers
Phil
I think Phil made a really good point out of this news.
I also think that this acquisition was aimed at killing a direct competitor.
What I am personally wondering is why IBM had to work on these acquisitions while it could easily leverage on its internal skills.
Was it not going to be cheaper for IBM to engage its workforce on building such a systems re-engineering platform?
FileNet core business seems to be focused on Content Management operations, an area where it was competing with IBM. What is left is worth the acquisition?
Thank you
Diego
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