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Business Software Platform Vendor Profile: IBM

IBM's Portfolio Is Strong In Information Management And Middleware

January 17, 2007

By Merv Adrian with Bradford J. Holmes, Emily Van Metre, Lucy Fossner

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Nearly one-third of all IT organizations and 42% of the Global 2000 organizations planned to consolidate their purchases of infrastructure or application software in 2006. When the curtain falls, how will IBM fare? On the plus side, IBM offers the broadest portfolio of information management products of the Big Four players (IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP.) It also delivers a strong portfolio of middleware products designed to run applications. However, IBM has chosen not to offer conventional packaged applications for business processes, and it will not compete successfully there for clients' consolidated software business.
Tags: Application Development, Application Infrastructure Technologies, Application Platforms & Programming Strategy, Architecture & Technology Strategy, Packaged Applications
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • The Software Vendor Consolidation Challenge
  • IBM'S Portfolio: Few Apps, But Strong Everywhere Else

  • RECOMMENDATIONS

    Consider IBM For Consolidation Within Two Stacks

  • WHAT IT MEANS

    Business Process Expertise Will Drive IBM's Competitive Position
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