We have seen extensive market convergence over the past 2 years… Oracle purchased Siebel, Hyperion and more recently BEA. IBM also purchased many companies including Cognos.
Less than 2 months ago, Callidus Software acquired Compensation Technologies, an incentive compensation consulting company.
Today it’s BSG Alliance who purchased Iconixx. Iconixx was a major competitor of Compensation Technologies and offered consulting services in the areas of sales compensation, variable compensation, and performance management.
BSG Alliance is an Austin Startup who have also purchased several other companies in 2007 and 2008 after securing $20 million in funding.
• Industrial Science, a business simulation frameworks and technology company
• The Concours Group, a strategic consulting company
• Kalivo, a collaboration software company
• New Paradigm (Don Tapscott’s Company), a business innovation group
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