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The Manufacturer.com - The illusion of openness: "Furthermore, the distinctions between these applications will begin to blur. One reason is industry consolidation. For instance, says Genovese, Oracle acquired Peoplesoft, JD Edwards (both ERP vendors) and Siebel (the dominant CRM vendor) and plans to evolve a master platform called Fusion combining the functionality of all these apps by linking them, or converting them, to SOA services. Eventually, Oracle claims manufacturers will be able to easily integrate their own apps with this multi-app platform via services so as to SOA-enable their platforms easier than they could on their own."