JDA acquires i2

On August 11 of this year, JDA Software announced the acquisition of i2 Technologies. In April of 2006 JDA acquired long-time i2 rival Manugistics, which has arguably been the core of the JDA product suite since the acquisition. While the i2 acquisition might make financial sense, I’m particularly interested in the product roadmap that JDA will need to deliver crisply in order to keep current sales cycles from stalling completely. It has been a month since the announcement, and I have received many questions from current JDA clients about what it means to them.