With HP’s acquisition of EDS I am wondering if the IT systems landscape could be in for a little bit of a shake up. For an IT services firm Accenture does have a steady focus on open source whilst already having a close relationship with Sun Microsystems. The two companies have very little overlap and display strong supplementary offerings (synergies) that could drive up revenues for both organizations. Both companies could quite happily go it alone instead relying on their strong partnership, however, strategically this would place them both at risk if the other were acquired by a competitor.
