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Mergers and acquisitions on the management front, Part 2

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Mergers and acquisitions on the management front, Part 2

Denise Dubie By Denise Dubie
Management industry insiders are buzzing about the potential of a big buyout that could unseat one of the top four management software makers - BMC, CA, HP and IBM - and land other familiar technology names at the top of the list. Read full story

Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers the technologies, products and services that address network, systems, application and IT service management for Network World. E-mail Denise.

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