TAKEAWAY: Regarding TIBCO's first-ever "analyst summit" at their annual user conference, Bruce Silver sticks to the "impressionistic view."

"Apparently "the analysts" had told TIBCO they wanted to hear executives talk about go-to-market strategy, so we got almost nothing about product and an awful lot about value propositions. Are there really analysts who want to spend half a day hearing about value props and selling tactics? Scary. But, having lowered my expectations completely, TIBCO's "solution showcase" exhibits - open to the hoi polloi after the analyst event ended - actually blew my socks off:

Source: Bruce Silver's BPMS Watch

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