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Enterprise licence agreements are likely to return to popularity, driven by vendor M&A actiivity and diversification of their software portfolios. 
An initial assessment of three of the more important policy initiatives that have been promised during the Obama campaign – the proposal for a national CTO, the reform of the patent/intellectual property agenda and the healthcare IT spending plans. 
Borland, historically known for integrated development environment (IDE) tools such as Delphi, C++Builder and JBuilder, has been gradually recasting itself as an application lifecycle management (ALM) provider. 
MKS, a provider of application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions, offers an ALM product driven by a common database engine rooted in its original source code management (SCM) system. 
Demands are increasing in some markets for the value delivered by national software sourcing frameworks to be increased. The next 12-24 months will see customers seeking to win major concessions, more than have been won before. 
In early October 2008 EnterpriseDB announced a 'wide-ranging strategic partnership' with, and an equity investment from, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT). 
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