I hate to make new year's resolutions like a new diet program or another trainer at my local gym. I also usually never bother with annual predictions either, for that matter. One exception to that personal rule is the long over due sale of TIBCO Software. Since Oracle's bloody murder acquisition of BEA Systems, for the past two years there has been rumors that TIBCO would be next, of course which never happened so far. Now that TIBCO's fourth quarter results are around the corner (on Tuesday after the close), these rumors started to resurface again. The company is expected to beat the Street with an impressive Q4, together with Red Hat and Progress Software next week.

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