Anyone who has watched Documentum and EMC as companies knows that much of their innovation and many of their successes have come as a result of their spotting and acquiring companies with complementary, leading-edge technologies and then integrating them into their offerings.
Need examples? eRoom was once its own company, separate from Documentum. PDF Aqua was developed by Computerized Document Control, later known as CDC Solutions.
So what does this say for the Documentum and Captiva now that they've been acquired by EMC? Similar integration, we're sure. In fact we have already heard some say that Documentum is irrelevant without Captiva. This should delight EMC whose tagline is "EMC - Where Information Lives."
Pretty soon Documentum will be to EMC Software as eRoom is to Documentum. This is, of course, not a bad thing, just different.
So, if you're wondering what kind of impact EMC Software/Documentum's most recent acquisition will have, take a good look at its latest acquisition, xHive