For Application Development & Program Management Professionals (Length: 1 pages)

December 6, 2002

IBM Fills A Gaping Hole With Rational Software

by Ted Schadler

with Charles Rutstein

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IBM will buy Rational Software for $2.1 billion and run it as a division of IBM Software Group. The wins are obvious: new customers and a new weapon against Microsoft. Less obvious? New embedded software and Organic IT development markets.

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Analyst: Ted Schadler
Technology: Application Development, SOA & Web Services
Industry: Computer Software Industry, High-Tech, Mergers & Acquisitions
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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