I have just checked my own postings and cannot believe that I have not blogged about Microsoft's offer for FAST Search last week. It must be the cold.
For me, this has been a marriage waiting to happen. I know both companies pretty well and the synergies they offer each other are pretty clear. It is the implementation of the core technologies though that will really stir the enterprise market.
Right now, Microsoft's enterprise app of the moment is SharePoint Server. Licenses are flying out of the window by all accounts and it is establishing itself as a key enterprise platform. The integration of the FAST enterprise search platform into Sharepoint Server (if this is indeed what happens) will make Sharepoint Server, the killer enterprise app.
Microsoft's $US 1 billion+ offer is now going through a due diligence process and is not expected to be concluded until the second quarter 2008. Watch this space and see this acquisition shine. It really is that big.
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