Oracle agrees to buy SuccessFactors rival Taleo for $1.9B

February 9, 2012 7:48 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Software titan and now cloud services provider Oracle has agreed to acquire talent management cloud company Taleo for $1.9 billion, the companies announced today.

The deal greatly mirrors the $3.4 billion acquisition of employee performance management software provider SuccessFactors by …

Oracle VP talks challenges of the public cloud model

December 1, 2011 10:33 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

About two months ago, Oracle announced it would finally take the plunge into public cloud computing with the Oracle Public Cloud. Oracle technology product marketing VP Rick Schultz talked more about the public cloud today and admitted it was a …

Oracle puts down $1.5B for RightNow’s cloud-based sales force service

October 24, 2011 9:14 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Oracle plans to acquire cloud-based sales force automation and customer service company RightNow for $1.5 billion, the company announced Monday morning.

The planned acquisition makes a ton a sense in light of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s announcement earlier this month …

Oracle’s Larry Ellison finally puts his head in the cloud

October 6, 2011 8:31 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison on Wednesday finally announced that his company would take the plunge into public cloud computing with Oracle Public Cloud. He made the announcement on stage at Oracle’s OpenWorld conference.

Oracle’s emphasis for several years has been …