First Oracle acquired Hyperion for $3.3B then SAP snatched up Business Objects for $6.8B. Now, in what is not a particular surprise, IBM announced it would acquire Cognos for $5B.
What’s it all mean for the geospatial market? I discussed the SAP/BO combo in April when it happened and said Oracle is more geospatial-aware than […]

ESRI is in the news, but not in a manner it would want. (ESRI and the ESRI Logo are licensed trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) The company’s founder and the man many consider the inspiration behind GIS, Jack Dangermond, is cited in an Associated Press (AP) report yesterday about a Federal investigation into […]