SAP buys Outlooksoft

Hmm... have to admit this one took me by surprise!

SAP always needed to improve their BPM capabilities but it has not really been their style to go out and procure competitors (even if that competitor is tiny compared to them)

This is a good thing I reckon - both for SAP and for OLS, especially locally (in Australia) where my opinion is both companies were struggling to gain real traction in this particular space. And by that I mean against their core competitors.

OLS really needed a fresh injection of new people and SAP will no doubt bring that to them. SAP now have a much more 'user friendly' BPM offering to show their existing client base and prospective clients.

It will however be interesting to see how the technologies are integrated in the coming releases.

I am also proud to see that two companies that BPM Partners CEO (Craig Schiff) was involved with in their start-up phses have done so well --- Hyperion being purchased by Oracle and OLS being pruchased by SAP. I am proud to be associated with Craig Schiff! He is truly a visionary!