SubscribeJul 25, 20080
Is industry consolidation putting you in data jail?
Posted in Cloud Computing, Customers, Data Integration, News & Announcements by Chris Boorman | No Comments |
The Wall Street Journal ran an interesting article last week entitled "SAP, Oracle Boost Software Prices" The conclusion, as summarized nicely by Forrester’s Ray Wang is that consolidation has resulted in less competition between the big vendors. This in turn can have a significant negative effect on customers …
Less competition means these large consolidators have much more control over your data and can pretty much do whatever they want - for instance as it relates to maintenance pricing. So if I am a buyer and looking at their solutions (largely obtained through acquisitions), should I believe that they are magically going to have the same pricing now that they are part of SAP or Oracle? [Read more]
