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One of the sure signs to market maturity is consolidation through acquisition, where large vendors see the appeal of technology and purchase one of the developer companies to add quickly to their suite. We have watched IBM, HP, CA and BMC jump on board.  Front Range has joined the fray, stretching from their sweet spot of help desk into ITAM discovery and software compliance automation with the acquisition of Centennial Software.  Centennial, an exhibitor and provider member of IAITAM for years, has been successful selling to partners.  I believe most of us would be surprised to find out who is using Centennial Software, particularly the discovery product. 

Front Range has of course gotten involved with ITIL and service management, so it will be interesting to see how this acquisition works out.  As a British company with mostly UK staff (UK case studies and news dominate their website), I’m not sure how this will work out.   

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