Who is the next takeover target for IBM after Sun's acquisition?

In recent days, the industry has been a sizzling IBM acquisition of Sun.

IBM, hardware has server, Software has UNIX operating system, database DB2, middleware has websphere. Development tools include eclipse, software engineering full cycle tool rational. The front application has Office suite Lotus, and Lotus is a collaboration suite, more than Office outmanoeuvred. There is also cognos in data analysis. In the enterprise market, from hard to soft, from the bottom to the middle tier, from development to application, readily available.

Moreover, IBM also has consulting services business, IT business strategic planning, IT business process grooming, it integration, from high consulting to low project management, project implementation, implementation, service support also have everything. The details of the development of customization, detail implementation, detail training to the partners.

Not only that, in terms of standard-setting and leadership, from CORBA to Java EE to SOA, there are major IBM influences and figures everywhere.

In this way, IBM should not be the acquisition of sun.

First, IBM These years of software strategy, a large number on the Java platform. But because sun in the field of Java, only good reputation does not have a good profit, so do things have been thinking about how to give themselves some benefits, so the development of Java so many years left a lot of need for urgent reform and advance the characteristics. Thanks to Sun's hesitation and conservatism, Java has become increasingly difficult to develop. IBM's value is already in Java, look in the eyes of the heart, but the urgent thing is someone else sun, can only negotiate to promote the solution, but slow progress, not keep up with market competition and customer demand, in view of this, IBM also had to buy sun, began a deeper and more drastic Java reform.

Two, IBM these years of software business more towards agile, open source, the partner wins the mode to go. Sun is faster and more experienced on this road than IBM. Because of Java itself, Sun has been operating as a standard. and Sun has acquired MySQL, the software that grew from open source, and Sun has created a new source of NetBeans, and the momentum of development has come to a comeback, and the JBuilder of Borland, a veteran of development tools, is a big deal. and Sun frequently released Java-EE middleware, OpenOffice Office suite, do have all the living color, there must be more than IBM place. So since IBM has decided to make this transition, it is very good to find sun to present the wizard.

Third, sun in the enterprise market brand is good, the customer base is also many. And in the enterprise class market, HP is chasing IBM. HP is also from hard to soft, and HP has acquired an integrated IT Solution provider such as EDS, offering a similar business to IBM Consulting. This makes IBM very uneasy. It is a good strategy to capture the market share and acquire Sun's share.

Who is IBM's next global Takeover target?

Microsoft. Google. ORACLE. Sap. Or....

The industry is not many well-known software companies, mergers and acquisitions who, who can and IBM more closely combined.

Obviously, that's sap. SAP is the best next acquisition for IBM and SAP, from corporate culture to product line complementarities, to SAP valuations, SAP's market competition environment, and IBM's and SAP's years of mutual understanding.

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