Company Merger's and Acquisitions. How is this affecting you?

Over the course of the last year (it may even be longer than this) it just seems there have been way too many company mergers and acquisitions in our industry. Just the other day Oracle purchased Stellant. From an association's perspective I guess this is status quo? But I've been wondering how this affects the end-users out there? Have you had enough of these mergers? Have the specialized small businesses with white glove service disappeared? From your perspective have you noticed a decline or increase in service levels? Have your providers offered you a commitment in technological advancement and process improvement regardless of these mergers and have they followed through with it? Just curious...