Tibco consolidating via BPM acquisition

Tibco buying Staffware for strengthening its BPM portfolio.

EAI market will see some more M&A before all leading vendors can comfortably distance themselves from commodity message-oriented plumbing.

BPM is a next niche area for enterprise software vendors to focus on.
As Vivek Ranadive (CEO of Tibco) puts it -

We believe business processes are rapidly becoming the most valuable corporate asset. This combination brings two best-in-class technologies together to more completely deliver value to customers investing in BPM solutions