Breaking News…. Oracle buys Sun!? What’s wrong with this picture? What’s surprising is that a very large software company is buying a very large hardware company. You often see a hardware company buying a software company, but I can’t really think of a deal that’s gone the other way around. Certainly not at this level. […]
System Integration vs. Product Development
At one point in my consulting practice, I was engaged in assignments with two new client companies. Both of them had businesses selling to large, blue-chip customers. Customers of the size are used to “having it their way”. For these companies to get deals with customers of this stature they often feel the need to […]
