IBM Buys Sterling Commerce
    
		Big Blue made a major customer acquisition move today in buying  Sterling Commerce, according to an analyst. IBM is buying the Dublin,  Ohio-based electronic data interchange (EDI) software company from AT&T for  $1.4 billion. Analyst Ray Wang told RCP's Jeffrey Schwartz that by processing  large volumes of transactions between B2B trading partners, Sterling actually brings IBM a lot of  high-value customers among large banks, telcos and retailers. 
 
	Posted by Scott Bekker on May 24, 2010