Rumours have been swirling around for a few weeks now.We wrote hereaboutIBM其消亡或销售的emptoris和故事。但昨天真正的新闻（不是假新闻）破裂，而且可能比建议的猜测更有趣。
树液阿里巴和IBMEmptoris announced this morning at the SAP Sapphire 2017 conference that they are creating a strategic partnership. The deal represents a significant commitment by both organizations that spans applications, cognitive collaboration (SAP Leonardo and IBM Watson) and professional services. The combination of efforts is not, however, an acquisition of IBM Emptoris by SAP Ariba, which was one of the previous rumours.
Our colleague and Spend Matters US founder Jason Busch was on the spot and spoke to Alex Atzberger, president of SAP Ariba, and Michael O’Leary, director of procurement solutions and supply chain insights at IBM Watson Customer Engagement, to learn more about the partnership.His excellent article is here and is well worth reading.
The headline is probably that the Emptoris product is being “sunsetted” (discontinued in effect) but support for Cloud customers will continue till 2020 and for on premise for 5 years from the date of the customer’s most recent agreement. IBM Emptoris customers, including those with IBM Enterprise Licensing Agreements (ELAs) will be given the opportunity to transition over to SAP Ariba products. No money changed hands as part of the arrangement, and no staff will transfer.
伙伴关系的另一个组成部分涉及IBM的专业服务武器和SAP阿里巴之间的更深层次的关系，但我们将在不久的情况下更详细地进入这一点;将有联合发展努力。但是，正如杰森在他的文章中所说，IBM似乎由他们的客户正在做“不错的事情”。
“......我们对交易的初步分析表明，IBM似乎已经在若干地区拍摄了一条高速公路，这些地区有关其采购申请的未来与本伙伴关系（与彻底销售资产）。这包括当前IBM Emptoris解决方案的多年支持地平线，作为产品落日的一部分，与IBM继续与IBM的直接关系，这应该为采购组织提供充分的窗口，以充分考虑并制定正式的过渡计划。IBM Emptoris客户，包括IBM Enterprise许可协议（ELAS）的客户将有机会过渡到SAP Ariba产品“。
IBM customers should of course also take the opportunity to consider other products and no doubt will. Emptoris still has a fairly extensive customer base in Europe – the firm was strong in the UK public sector for instance. So interesting times ahead, and we will have more analysis on the deal shortly.
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