INSIDER

Insider has heard that a relatively new player in the middleware era who has very close ties with the largest vendor in the IT industry approached an established middleware player and proposed a merger. The owner of the privately held, more established vendor, gave it some thought, but decided that a merger was not in his company's best interests. Insider is anxious to know who may be swallowed up next. Insider has even heard that the legacy systems vendor has the first right of refusal over