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Posted on January 11th, 2010 by Matt Calkins
For years, Appian’s nearest competition was Lombardi, followed by Savvion. In just under a month, both have been acquired. While Savvion had long ago faded from competitive viability, its acquisition by Progress Software puts neat punctuation to the era of crowded and overlapping BPM pure-plays – ending it, as it were, with a bang.
Nearly everyone ‘wins’ here – even external parties. More »
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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Matt Calkins
Appian’s goal has always been to be the top pure-play BPM company. The road from where we stand to that place has never been clearer than it is right now.
You have heard by now that IBM is buying Lombardi. We welcome this transaction, as it will help us to achieve our goal more quickly. Lombardi has now marginalized itself, and will soon be entangled in the IBM stack. No BPM company has ever maintained its innovative vitality after being acquired. More »
