Why did IBM acquire Collation?
IBM acquired Collation because the Collation technology allows us to deliver on a key capability in the change and configuration area of service management. A big problem in today’s IT world is the lack of staff knowledgeable on the inner workings of complex business applications that support their businesses. Staff are hesitant to fix or change anything as one fix could break something in their complex intertwined IT infrastructure. For example, a patch to fix a security flaw in an application server breaks an on-line ordering application that utilizes the same server at the other end. Collation mapping technology helps IBM customers to proceed with changes with greater confidence, knowing that they have gained critical insight to help them make sure that changes made on one end will not balloon into a huge problem on the other end. They are also able to test their changes and understand the implications before rolling them out.
