Monitoring the Pulse of the Active B2B Integration Market - Benoit Lheureux

Here’s a foll0w-up on my recent post Update on The B2B Frenzy with the latest list of related published research (login required):

Tibco’s acquisition of Foresight on Friday
- Jess Thompson and I will have that out soon
SPS Commerce’ recent IPO filing with the SEC
- SPS Commerce Will Wield Its IPO Like a Sword, But Not Lethally, in the Battle for B2B
The GXS acquisition of Inovis
- GXS/Inovis Merger Is Likely Precursor to an Initial Public Offering
Liaison’s recent acquisition of ADX
- Liaison Buys Advanced Data Exchange to Expand B2B Portfolio
Oracle’s alliance with E2open on Business Process Networks
- Oracle and E2open Deploy BPN to Simplify B2B for Global Transport Processes

By any interpretation this collectively reveals that the B2B market is in play!

– bjl

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