Oracle, Sun deals shake up middleware market
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Although Oracle and BEA have overlapping middleware technology, there also are complementary aspects to the acquisition that will let BEA offer a more complete SOA picture to customers, Kobielus says. "They realized they don't have a full SOA stack," he says of BEA. "A lot of the things Oracle offers really rounds it out. They lack data warehousing and master data management."
Perhaps most importantly from the SOA perspective, the merger gives BEA customers easy access to Oracle business intelligence tools, a key component of SOA, he says.
"I kept speculating, BEA will either acquire a [business intelligence] vendor or be acquired by one," Kobielus says.
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Sun, MySQL synergies stressed in merger 17 January, 2008 08:16:16
Acquisition called the largest open-source software deal everWith Sun Microsystems' US$1 billion acquisition of open source database vendor MySQL announced, Sun gets ownership of a major player in the open-source software industry while MySQL gets the backing of a multibillion-dollar, established systems company. - +
BEA, Oracle users fear price hikes, dumping of products 17 January, 2008 08:00:47
Users from both camps turn a wary eye to Oracle's US$8.5 billion agreement to buy BEAUsers of technology from both companies today expressed concern about Oracle's US$8.5 billion agreement to buy BEA Systems and to fold in the latter's middleware to the Oracle software stack. - +
Oracle to buy BEA for US$8.5 billion 17 January, 2008 07:32:30
Deal will see acquisition of BEA shares at $19.35 eachOracle has entered into a "definitive" agreement to buy leading middleware vendor BEA Systems for approximately US$8.5 billion, the two companies announced on Wednesday. - +
MySQL needs us to expand, says Sun CEO Schwartz 17 January, 2008 07:48:45
Sun says one goal will be selling MySQL to enterprise customersSun Microsystems' decision to buy MySQL AB, the company behind a popular and growing open-source database, for US$1 billion, could allow Sun to to expand MySQL's reach -- and give database giant Oracle something new to worry about. But more immediately, Sun's announcement addresses a problem facing the privately held MySQL, namely, its future. - +
Ellison says BEA purchase will beef up Java software stack 17 January, 2008 08:26:46
Oracle CEO commits to supporting and upgrading BEA middleware productsOracle touted its pending acquisition of BEA Systems as a way to gain a middleware stack that will provide better value than those from rival Microsoft and popular open-source alternatives.
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