IBM’s Optim Will Deliver Data Management Improvements in 2009

When IBM completed its acquisition of Princeton Softech in September 2007, the picture seemed bright for such relatively niche applications as test data management, data growth management and archiving. Optim filled some gaps in IBM’s portfolio and promised to grow share of wallet in the IBM customer base. But there were awkward overlaps with products in the InfoSphere and Rational product lines, and some integration needed to be done. Read more of this post