companies get acquired by
oracle, ibm, microsoft, and this
kind of consolidation has taken
place in the past.
ibm acquired spss.
there was massive consolidation
it while back.
at that time, b.i. was hot.
once growth started to slow,
there was consolidation.
emily: i spoke with the ceo of
symantec last week.
they have taken a stake in
symantec.
>> we have a three-year
transformation of the company
and i think this is an important
inflection point for investors