IBM i Playing a Role in Rocket’s Ambitious Growth Strategy
August 14, 2012 Alex Woodie
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Rocket Software has quietly built itself a comfortable position in the IBM i business. Since its acquisition of Seagull Software in 2006, the company has added two more major players in the industry, including Aldon in 2011 and iCluster earlier this year. The acquisitions will continue over the next several years, as Rocket aims to triple the size of its overall business by 2017. The IBM i portion makes up a sizable fraction of Rocket Software’s total business, and is on the order of $65 million per year across 9,000 customers (see full analysis on the size of Rocket’s IBM |