Here are some additional Web resources to help you protect your company if and when a key software vendor gets acquired.
MA.com resources
- Search the MA.com Software Directory for suitable alternatives when your application is acquired.
- Use the MA.com Comparison Tool to generate standard or custom product assessments based on specific feature and functionality requirements if/when your application is "dead-ended" by an acquiring vendor.
- Check with MA.com Experts about tactics to navigate a vendor take-over.
- A recent Managing Automation article "The Great Applications Race" compares the Oracle Corp. and SAP America application architecture roadmaps.
Online resources beyond MA.com
- Tips from SoftResources on mitigating the risk of buying ERP software in the midst of merger mania.
- This article is aimed at insurance firms, but it contains solid advice for any company whose software vendor gets acquired.
- Here's a report from Grant Thornton?s Technology Industry practice on the continued consolidation of the software industry.
- Read how industry experts analyze the impact of the recent spate of enterprise software mergers.