For Content & Collaboration Professionals

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Executive Summary

In a move sure to send shockwaves throughout the software world, IBM announced plans to buy FileNet for $1.6 billion — IBM's third largest software acquisition ever. Many customers may be truly perplexed, given the high degree of overlapping functionality between these head-to-head competitors. This acquisition is compelling for four key reasons: 1) FileNet's undisputed leadership in document-centric business process management suites (BPMS) fills a giant hole for IBM; 2) the two companies' content offerings strengthen and fill gaps in both portfolios; 3) FileNet brings IBM an experienced compliance framework; and 4) IBM can better pursue a game-changing vision for bringing together people, processes, and information by integrating BPMS, enterprise content management (ECM), and collaboration, all supported by its service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy. IBM has also tripped up its major competitors by taking FileNet off the table as more vendors contemplate their next moves into ECM and BPMS.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Our Overall Perspective: It's A Great Match With Lots Of Potential
• IBM Has An ECM Rationalization Project On Its Hands
• A Vision For The Future: Information, Collaboration, And Process
• Execution Is The Major Challenge — And Will Be Tough To Pull Off

WHAT IT MEANS

• ECM Becomes The Domain Of Software Giants, And BPMS Will Soon Follow
• Related Research Documents

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