Analyst encourages Microsoft acquisition of BEA
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Will a Microsoft acquisition of BEA Systems make headlines in 2004? According to a report released Tuesday by The Yankee Group, it's not such a farfetched notion.
In a report titled, "Why Microsoft Should Buy BEA Systems," Dana Gardiner, an analyst at The Yankee Group, said a combination of the two companies would "deliver powerful synergies, give the marketplace more choices for IT software and blunt the competitive threat facing Microsoft." It's clear in the industry that the Microsoft .Net framework and J2EE software, of which BEA is a leading software vendor, are the two dominant platforms solution providers will use to build Web services.