IBM's exec sees 'tidal wave of data' coming

15.12.2005

When do you expect to see some product from this? By the middle of next year we should be making some very good progress. The board will define the code by middle of next year that's been donated, and then we'll be off to the races. The committee's met a bunch of times. They're defining the governance model and they're making really good progress.

Do you see acquisitions playing heavily into your product road map in 2006? We did the NetApp agreement and the Aperi thing. Now it's time to get into the OEM alliance and acquisition space. We've built a new team and we're engaged with over 30 potential spaces where this would make sense. So I'd say in 2006 this will be one of the space that will be pretty hot for us.

Would NetApp be a potential purchase for you? I'm not going to comment on that.