Where have all the vendors gone long time passing, where have all the vendors gone, long time ago. Gone in acquisitions, everyone…….. (think where have all the flowers gone).
Well over the last three years we have certainly seen the share of M&A activity in the ECM space with top right hand names such as Hummingbird, FileNet and Stellent all going the way of acquisition. Here is a non definitive list of some of the acquisitions that have happened 2006 to 2009.
| Date | Company / Product | Acquired by |
| Jul 2006 | Hummingbird | OpenText |
| Aug 2006 | FileNet | IBM |
| Nov 2006 | Stellent | Oracle |
| Oct 2007 | Meridio | Autonomy |
| Jan 2008 | FAST | Microsoft |
| Mar 2008 | Tower Software | HP |
| Jan 2009 | Interwoven | Autonomy |
This table in itself makes for interesting reading and we must ask what about the likes of Vignette ? how are they going to fair in this rough and tumble year?
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