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September 01, 2010
Is There A Possible SAP And RedHat Merger?
By Brajeshwar Oinam
Though there seemed to be quite a few rumors of a possible buyout plan being staged by SAP to takeover RedHat. Various industry executives believe otherwise; stating that the likelihood of such an acquisition to take place are quite slim.

There is not just one industry that SAP offers its services to, rather there exists an assortment of industries that encompass the clientele of SAP. In that, SAP does not believe in fabricating generic solutions to all industries, but develops industry specific solutions thereby solving problems in an effective and efficient manner. Keeping this into consideration, it doesn't make much of business nous for SAP to get hold of Red Hat - a company that is into virtualization, middleware and Linux OS technologies.

It would rather build on the enterprise mobility strategy which apparently SAP is entirely engaged into through its recent acquisition of Sybase. And this comes across as a superior business idea. It is also essential to mention the fact that most or all of SAP's client companies each belong to distinct IT...

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