Are mergers and acquisition maturing the software industry?
The high tech industry is just buzzing these days with mergers and acquisitions. The telecom arena is playing musical chairs with who owns who this month. Meta estimates that the software industry will consolidate as much at 30% within the next 3 – 5 years. What can you do about all this merger and acquisition activity as it relates to your contracts and future negotiation position? Lets examine the high profile Oracle/PeopleSoft acquisition as representative example of how to best position your organization in preparation for this acquisition. Truth Or Rumors? Its Really Hard To Say? Rumor #1: The most interesting rumor was that Larry Ellison wanted revenge against Craig Conways departure from Oracle eleven years earlier. These two executives are reputed to have such a dislike for each other that one mused about shooting the others dog. Or could it have been something more sinister? Rumor #2: Oracle bid on PeopleSoft in an effort to block PeopleSofts merger with J.D. Edwards. Had the
