Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) today announced the acquisition of Netherlands-based Pallas Athena in a cash transaction, valued at approximately $50.2 million. Upon completion of the transaction, the Dutch company will become a part of Perceptive Software, a stand-alone business unit within Lexmark.
OpenText – Metastorm
Bosch – Inubit
Lexmark – Pallas Athena
Slowly but surely the small vendors are vanishing. What does this mean for management looking to invest in BPMS? Are we going to see shortlists made up entirely of IBM, Software AG, Oracle? Or is this a sign that we are beginning to see the end of BPMS in its present form and the emergence of something new that includes ACM, social networking components plus rudimentary workflow?
