Going Vertical: Interview with IBM's Paraic Sweeney @ WEBSPHERE JOURNAL

WebSphere Journal editor-in-chief Jack Martin recently chatted with Paraic Sweeney, IBM's VP of Marketing for Industry Solutions and Business Integration, Software Group. In this exclusive interview, Sweeney discusses IBM's Middleware Industry Solutions initiative, the drivers behind adding an industry-vertical dimension to the business, and the company's decision in 1999 to focus on middleware and get out of the application business.

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