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Some predictions for 2006

At around this time, it seems to be pretty much mandatory for IT analyst firms to offer predictions for the coming year. Although at MWD we like to try and do things a little differently, we couldn’t stop ourselves. So below is our take on some of the trends, topics and technologies that we think [...]

Posted on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 by

Mercury finally makes a SOA play…but communication is an issue

So Mercury has announced its acquisition of “SOA governance” tools player Systinet for $105 million cash. I can’t say I’m surprised that Systinet has been snapped up by someone: the area where it (and others) play is a cornerstone technology area if service-oriented software propositions are going to really work in the enterprise, and it’s [...]

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