Vignette's apples + Tower's oranges -- is it all just fruit?

The agglomeration of ECM vendors proceeds apace as stock-flush Web content management solutions providers continue to buy related technologies. This time it's Vignette acquiring DM/RM player Tower Technology. The deal makes sense from a check-the-analyst-box perspective, since Vignette previously had no play in this year's hot market, regulatory compliance tools. From a technical perspective, it could be an OK match as well (both have recently transitioned to Java, though Tower not as completely). But we still counsel would-be enterprise content management buyers to exercise caution: in the near term (12-18 months) these acqusitions are more about cross-selling customer bases than offering truly integrated suites...
Vignette announces the acquisition

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