Comments on: More BPM Acquisitions: Progress Buys Savvion

By: Sandy Kemsley

Sandy Kemsley — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:17:48 +0000

John, I think that the bigger concern is that Lombardi’s product strengths are lost in the vast portfolio of IBM products, or that the nonsensical “departmental” marketing message means that the IBM sales force doesn’t consider this a contender for enterprise sales.

By: John Reynolds

John Reynolds — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:05:20 +0000

Let’s just say that I’ve already filled out my direct deposit form for IBM

Some folks seem pretty spooked, worried that Business folks are going to get shut out of the development cycle because Lombardi and Savvion have both been acquired by companies that are well known for their SOA prowess… I just don’t see that happening.

What I see is more of a win-win – IT gets “a single throat to choke” and Business gets tools from vendors who have the resources to push the envelope. Imagine the Teamworks/Blueprint mashup that Lombardi could have built by now if pockets had been deeper.

By: Sandy Kemsley

Sandy Kemsley — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:17:27 +0000

Tim, that would be great for all involved — there’s no benefit to dragging this out, although traditionally there can be quite a bit of time between when IBM announces an acquisition and when it closes.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:46:48 +0000

Actually, the Lombardi/IBM deal should close sometime in the next week or two.

By: Process for the Enterprise » Blog Archive » And Savvion goes to Progress #BPM

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:24:54 +0000

[...] Kemsley’s analysis is that the most likely opportunity is CEP + BPM (since Progress has the Apama CEP [...]

By: Appian Insight » (Nearly) Everyone Wins in the Savvion Deal

Appian Insight » (Nearly) Everyone Wins in the Savvion Deal — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:25:55 +0000

[...] Column2, Sandy Kemsley writes: “Of the three mid-range BPMS-only vendors that I would most commonly name – Appian, [...]

By: Mark Travers

Mark Travers — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:27:19 +0000

Sandy, excellent analysis on both the Savvion and Lombardi acquisitions. I actually had thought Savvion would have been picked-up a few years ago but it now happened. Again, thanks for your great article.

Mark Travers

By: Sandy Kemsley

Sandy Kemsley — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:57:55 +0000

Sorry, I assumed that if they got me out of bed early for a 7:30am call, they had already briefed all of you who are 5 times zones to the east!

By: Neil Ward-Dutton

Neil Ward-Dutton — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:52:28 +0000

Thanks for the link Sandy! Just for the record though I didn’t have the benefit of a briefing… my analysis was from the news release only. Hoping to get a briefing soon..