SAP покупает Business Objects

Внимание, вопрос: Сможет ли Oracle купить SAS Institute? :)
Блиц: не становится ли BI commodity?
И, наконец: кто следующий из разряда от $1B до $10B в очереди стать дружественно съеденным?

Ссылки на материалы по теме SAP-Business Objects:

• Press-release: SAP to Acquire Business Objects in Friendly Takeover; Combined Companies to Accelerate Leadership for Business User Applications
  
• Press-release SAP AG: Agreement on friendly takeover of Business Objects S.A. by SAP AG / Offer price 42.00 EUR per share (Ad Hoc News)
  
  
• ComputerWorld: SAP's Business Objects deal means big overlap in performance management apps
• ComputerWorld: Latest on Business Objects SA
• eWeek: SAP Agrees to Buy Business Objects for $6.8 Billion
• eWeek: SAP Touts Synergies in Business Objects Deal
• InfoWorld: SAP buys Business Objects for $6B
• TheRegister: SAP splashes out on BO
• ZDNet: Will SAP and Business Objects work?
  Dennis Howlett: This $6.8 billion deal raises many questions. Did SAP pay too much? Will the deal make SAP a leader in the business user's market? Why?
  • Dan Farber: SAP takes Business Objects for $6.8 billion
  • Larry Dignan: Five questions: SAP's acquisition of Business Objects
  • Dennis Howlett: SAP's acquiring Business Objects: 1st take
  • Dan Farber: SAP Business ByDesign: buzzwords don't matter

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