David McCoy

Oracle is buying another Business Rule Engine vendor. Surprised?  If you’e a client of Gartner, you should have seen this coming.  Jim Sinur is at the Business Rules Forum tonight and he will be speaking tomorrow.  He’s working on the research angle which, of course, you will soon see on www.gartner.com.. I have to remind you that this is my personal blog and all my research thoughts are already spoken for by Gartner. We have a really cool arrangement:  I think – they pay (emphasis on the hyphen ). I love that model.  While I am “busting at the seams” with insight on this deal (which did not surprise me one bit), I am reserving that insight for our clients.

So…

PRESS - If you are a member of the press and want to talk about the implications of the merger or the bigger consolidation picture, contact either Jim, Marc Kerremans or me.  John Kost’s team can talk to you about the government angle.

GARTNER CLIENTS – If you are a Gartner client, read our recent research on Business Rule consolidation, especially the piece called: A Business Rule Market Checkup (G00152976).  If you need help understanding this event, give your client services team a call to set up an inquiry.

NON-CLIENTS – If you are not a client, but wish you were, you can read what I told Forbes when IBM acquired ILOG a few months ago.

Now, I need to get back to painting my ceiling (writing this at 8:30pm) before the brush dries and before the bear comes by for a snack.  Ah, life in the big city – torn between M/A and painting the ceiling.

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