According to Wikipedia “The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships allegedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances.


The “Alliance Bermuda Triangle” is typically where partners wind up when attempting “triangulation” – the pursuit of that elusive holy grail resulting from the coming together of 3 companies.


It typically goes like this….. you’re working with a partner on an initiative, and he mentions, “hey, we have a partnership with Acme Technologies, we should loop them in to our discussions.  There’s typically lots of enthusiasm in the beginning after a series of exploratory discussions…Lots of IGBG – “it’s gonna be great” and then….. nothing.


Why? Because getting alignment between two companies is challenging enough. Adding a third to the mix increases the complexity (and risk) by an order of magnitude.


I’m not saying it can’t work… I’ve seen a few. Just know what you’re getting into, ask a lot of questions and set expectations all around.

A great post at Pandodaily I meant to reblog here. http://pandodaily.com/2012/02/11/why-oracle-may-really-be-doomed-this-time/

Aimed at Oracle, relevant for many or all large software enterprises and their enterprise customers.

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