IBM acquires Telelogic and Cognos, reprioritizing software and data intelligence ? in other words, middleware ? as core businesses. The deals end a string of more than 50 software acquisitions in eight years that include Princeton Softech, DataMirror, SRD, Trigo, Alphablox and PWC?s consulting business.
The lesson here? History repeats itself. IBM?s focus on innovation has indeed helped it adapt ? proactively, I might add ? to a changing market. When it began to rest on its laurels, play the short-term game and ignore its central tenet to offer ?global business solutions? ? whatever the phrase meant at the time ? IBM began to descend into ipad bag blog of best sutudeg community the modern education news and country failure.
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