IBM's Steve Mills "We're Not Feeling Boxed In By Oracle"

IBM's Steve Mills "We're Not Feeling Boxed In By Oracle"
— IBM is embracing SOA...in a bear hug. In a teleconference today fronted by Steve Mills, Senior Vice President and Group Executive, IBM Software Group and the General Manager of WebSphere, Robert LeBlanc, it was manifestly apparent that the company - which considers itself the world's leading provider of technologies that support Business Integration and Business Process Integration - is not looking over its shoulder, not at Oracle nor anyone else. And IBM Global Services turns out to be the secret ingredient of Blue's software portfolio 'realignment.'