Stellent and Optika to Merge

ECM vendor Stellent announced today a merger with Imaging/DM vendor, Optika. Analysts will tout this match because it fills in holes for each vendor and looks very neat and tidy from the perspective of capabilities checkboxes. We continue to be sceptical of roll-ups (including this one) from the perspective of user value, but you can expect to see more...
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