Joel Reed is vice president, global product marketing for Sterling Commerce, a subsidiary of AT&T. Sterling Commerce provides enterprise integration, multi-enterprise integration, multi-channel selling, and multi-channel fulfillment to more than 30,000 customers worldwide. In this role, he is responsible for the worldwide success of all product offerings. With more than 20 years experience in software, manufacturing and telecommunication companies, Reed has held positions with NetRegulus, JCIT International, J D Edwards, PeopleSoft and Nortel. Joel holds a number of recognitions for professional accomplishment and speaks regularly about SOA strategies.
Merger and acquisition expenditures exceeded $2.7 trillion worldwide in 2005 and are expected to grow through 2009. However, according to McKinsey and Company, the big global strategy consultancy, 'Half or more of the big mergers fail to create significant shareholder value.... The sad...Nov. 4, 2007 01:00 PM EST Reads: 6,133
