I've noted previously that Mercury Interactive is moving aggressively in the ERP for IT space. Their acquisition of Appilog further strengthens their portfolio supporting internal IT business process. See
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/DocView.asp?did=796025&fid=1725
http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?ArticleID=5620
The discovery-based topological mapping capabilities of Appilog will be an essential part of any ERP for IT solution, as they provide real-time configuration status accounting and a means to audit the actual configuration against the documented configuration. Look for Appilog's competitors Relicore, Collation, Cendura, and Troux to also be takeover targets; especially Relicore, which has some very advanced technology in this space.
