Certainly you don’t have to be a Nobel Laureate in economics (and you should read “Geography and Trade” by Krugman if you have any interest whatsoever in the issues) to understand that the current economic mess is slowing M&A activity. But should it? Isn’t the idea to buy low? Seems like a great time for companies with lots of cash–which is what everyone is after!–to go on a buying spree. It’s always fun speculating what companies will be acquired and which companies will do the acquiring. Privately held companies may be under substantial pressure by their investors to sell.

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After years of repeated messaging from across the industry, there now seems to be a general recognition of the bigger process management picture that provides the backdrop for the underlying technology hawked by BPM(S) [add or remove the ‘S’ depending on what they are selling you…more on this later] vendors.

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