Oracle Reports Q3 2011 Results: 34% Growth in Aplications
Oracle reported strong Q3 2011 results across all product lines last week. Okay, that’s not necessarily a new thing this quarter, in general, Oracle has reported better than the market average for several years now, even through the recession. But…
News Analysis: Oracle Acquires Phase Forward For $685M And Gains A Foothold Into The Lucrative Life Sciences Market
Oracle Adds A Trusted CTMC/EDC Solution To Its Health Sciences Portfolio On April 16th, Oracle announced its intent to acquire Phase Forward, a Cambridge, Massachusetts based Clinical Trials Management Software (CTMS) vendor and early electronic data capture (EDC) pioneer. Phase Forward adds 335 life science, medical device, research agency, and contract research organization (CRO) customers [...]
Microsoft Dynamics Buys Its Vertical Expertise — Meeting The Challenges of a Channel Partner Development Strategy
Microsoft’s announcement that it was buying the industry-specific products and IP of three of its existing ISV partners reflects an important realization on the part of the mid-market enterprise software leader that partnerships alone cannot generate the industry expertise the Dynamics group needs to compete in today’s market.
These acquisitions are evidence of a shift in [...]
