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 on assignments with two new client companies. Both of them had businesses selling to large, blue chip customers. Customers of the size that are used to “having it their way”. As a result, for these companies to get deals with customers of this stature they […]