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Opportunities Through Oracle Acquisitions


By combining with strategic companies, Oracle strengthens its product offerings, accelerates innovation, meets customer demand more rapidly, and expands partner opportunity.  As an Oracle partner, you are uniquely positioned to: provide your customers the most comprehensive and innovation solutions, protect their investments, and support them in seamless growth.  Your customers will look to you as their provider of choice: leveraging Oracle’s broad portfolio, you can not only offer the most innovative and comprehensive solutions in the market, but you also secure customer retention through the ability to meet their needs now, and in the future.

This is your starting point to discover how you can broaden offerings, create new revenue streams, target new markets, and grow your business.

  • Are you a partner of a company acquired by Oracle?
    Understand where the products you work with fit into Oracle's solution map and how you can grow exponentially with a whole new portfolio of products to drive new business. You can sell new offerings to your existing customer base and enjoy fresh revenue streams, or target new markets altogether. A roadmap will point you directly to the resources you need for the products you currently work with - as well as those you may wish to adopt - with a path to rapid Return-on-Investment.
  • Are you a current member of Oracle PartnerNetwork?
    Discover products that are new to the Oracle portfolio that can expand your solution or service offerings. Leverage training to get you quickly enabled on new products, and use sales and marketing resources to help you broaden your value proposition. Deliver your existing customers the latest capabilities, and reach new prospects.
Please select an Oracle Acquisition from the list below using the sort options listed if desired:

Acquired Company

Year Acquired

Solution

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360 Commerce

2006/01

Retail Industry Applications

Agile

2007/05

Supply Chain Management

Agile (Cimmetry)

2007/05

Applications

BEA

2008/04

Technology

Bharosa

2007/07

Technology

Bridgestream

2007/09

Technology

Captovation

2008/01

Technology

Context Media

2005/07

Technology

Demantra

2006/06

Supply Chain Management

G-Log

2005/09

Supply Chain Management

HotSip

2006/02

Technology

Hyperion

2007/03

Applications

I-flex

2005/08

Applications

Innobase

2005/10

Technology

Interlace Systems

2007/10

Applications

Lodestar

2007/04

Utility Industry Applications

LogicalApps

2007/10

Applications

Metasolv Software

2006/10

Communications Industry Applications

Moniforce

2007/12

Technology

Net4Call

2006/04

Technology

Netsure Telecom Limited

2007/09

Communications Industry Applications

Oblix

2005/03

Technology

OctetString

2005/11

Technology

PeopleSoft

2005/01

Applications

Portal Software

2006/04

Communications Industry Applications

ProfitLogic

2005/07

Retail Industry Applications

Retek

2005/04

Retail Industry Applications

Siebel

2006/01

Customer Relationship Management

Sigma Dynamics

2006/08

Applications

SleepyCat

2006/02

Technology

SPL Worldgroup

2006/11

Applications

Stellent

2006/11

Technology

Sunopsis

2006/10

Technology

Tangosol

2007/03

Technology

Telephony@Work

2006/06

Customer Relationship Management

Temposoft

2005/12

Technology

TimesTen

2005/06

Technology

Thor Technologies

2006/11

Technology

TripleHop

2005/06

Technology

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January - 08
Company
Captovation
Available for Resale?
TBD.

Overview
With the addition of Captovation, Oracle expects to extend its comprehensive and integrated solution for ECM with transactional content processing.

Partner Opportunity
Coming Soon.

For More Information
More About Captovation and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners. Questions About the Acquisition, Captovation Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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December - 07
Company
Moniforce
Available for Resale?
Coming soon.

Overview
The combination of Oracle and Moniforce is expected to strengthen Oracle Enterprise Manager application performance management capabilities with real end-user monitoring.

Partner Opportunity
Coming soon -- implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About Moniforce and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners. Questions About the Acquisition, Moniforce Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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October - 07
Company
LogicalApps
Available for Resale?
Yes.
LogicalApps products appear on the Oracle E-Business Suite and PeopleSoft Global Price Lists under the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) category. You may be required to sign the " Application Addendum to the Full Use Distribution Agreement". (PDF)

Overview
Oracle's acquisition of LogicalApps will strengthen its GRC application suite by integrating real-time policy enforcement for critical business processes.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About LogicalApps and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.Questions About the Acquisition, LogicalApps Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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October - 07
Company
Interlace Systems
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Interlace Systems products appear on the Business Intelligence Applications Price List under the Enterprise Performance Management category. You may be required to sign the " Application Addendum to the Full Use Distribution Agreement". (PDF)

Overview
The combination of Interlace Systems' technology and Oracle's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) System is expected to enable fast and collaborative decision making by integrating functional operational and financial planning systems.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About Interlace Systems and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Interlace Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 September - 07
Company
Netsure Telecom Limited
Available for Resale?
No.
Vertical product. Will be part of the Communications Global Business Unit product offerings on a separate price list.

Overview
The acquisition of Netsure extends the Oracle Communications application product suite to include business intelligence and analytics for the network domain.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation opportunities for partners.

For More Information
Netsure Telecom Limited Partner Portal: Access your Netsure Partner Program resources through the portal.
More About Netsure Telecom Limited and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Netsure Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 September - 07
Company
BridgeStream
Available for Resale?
Coming soon.

Overview
The addition of BridgeStream extends Oracle's Identity Management Suite with automated enterprise role management.

Partner Opportunity
Coming soon - implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
BridgeStream Partners: Click here to view a listing of BridgeStream partners.
More About BridgeStream and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, BridgeStream Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 July - 07
Company
Bharosa
Available for Resale?
Yes.
The Bharosa product appears on the Oracle Global Technology Price List in the Identity Management Products section as Adaptive Access Manager.

Overview
The combination of Oracle and Bharosa will deliver the next generation of adaptive, risk based access management.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About Bharosa and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Bharosa Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 May - 07
Company
Agile
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Agile products appear on the Oracle E-Business Price List in the Product LifeCycle Management section. You may be required to sign the "Application Addendum to the Full Use Distribution Agreement". (PDF)

Overview
The combination of Oracle and Agile will create a best-in-class, integrated enterprise-wide PLM solution.

Next Steps for Agile Partners
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Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
OPN Product Focus Areas:
More About Agile and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Agile Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) and Partner Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 May - 07
Company
Agile (Cimmetry)
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Cimmetry products appear on the Oracle E-Business Price List in the Enterprise Visualization section and one product (AutoVue Electro-Mechanical Professional for Agile) in the Product LifeCycle Management section. You may be required to sign the " Application Addendum to the Full Use Distribution Agreement". (PDF)

Overview
The combination of Oracle and Agile will create a best-in-class, integrated enterprise-wide PLM solution.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
Cimmetry Partners: Click here to view a listing of Cimmetry partners.
More About Cimmetry and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Cimmetry Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 April - 07
Company
LODESTAR
Available for Resale?
No.
Vertical product. Will be part of the Utilities Global Business Unit on a separate price list.

Overview
With the addition of LODESTAR, Oracle extends its Oracle Utilities applications suite with the addition of leading meter data management and energy operation solutions .

Partner Opportunity
Implementation opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About LODESTAR and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, LODESTAR Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 March - 07
Company
AppForge
Available for Resale?
No.

Overview
Oracle's acquisition of the intellectual property assets of AppForge extends Oracle's mobile applications product strategy.

Partner Opportunity
None.

For More Information
More About AppForge and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
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 March - 07
Company
Tangosol
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Oracle Coherence will appear on the Oracle Global Technology Price List.

Overview
Tangosol provides a proven reliable in-memory data grid technology designed to meet the new demands for real-time data analytics, compute intensive middleware and high performance transactions—often referred to as Extreme Transaction Processing (XTP). Coupled with Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle TimesTen, and Oracle Database, the combination will create the first integrated platform that enables extreme transaction processing.

Next Steps for Tangosol Partners
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Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners coming soon for Oracle Coherence.

For More Information
Oracle Fusion Middleware - (OPN PFA Members Only)
Oracle Coherence (In-Memory Data Grid) - (OPN PFA Members Only)

More About Tangosol and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Tangosol Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).

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 March - 07
Company
Hyperion
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Hyperion products appear on the Oracle E-Business Global Price List and Oracle Global Technology Price List. You may be required to sign the " Application Addendum to the Full Use Distribution Agreement". (PDF)

Overview
On March 1, Oracle announced our plan to buy Hyperion, a leading provider of performance management software. The transaction extends Oracle's business intelligence capabilities to offer the most comprehensive system for enterprise performance management. We expect the transaction to close in April 2007, subject to regulatory and other approvals. Until the deal closes, each company will continue to operate independently, and it is business as usual.

Next Steps for Hyperion Partners
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Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
Oracle Business Intelligence - Applications Product Focus Area - (Hyperion Financial Performance Management Applications)
Oracle Business Intelligence - Applications Product Focus Area - (Hyperion Financial Performance Management Applications) - (OPN PFA Members Only)
Oracle Business Intelligence - Technology Product Focus Area - (BI EE Plus/Hyperion Reporting & Essbase)
Oracle Business Intelligence - Technology Product Focus Area - (BI EE Plus/Hyperion Reporting & Essbase) - (OPN PFA Members Only)

More About Hyperion and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Hyperion Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) and Partner Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

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 November-06
Company
Stellent
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Stellent products appear on the Oracle Global Technology Price List in a separate section called "Enterprise Content Management Products." The former Stellent UCM, IBPM and Sealed Media products appear at Universal Content Management, Imaging and Process Management, and Information Rights Management, respectively.

Overview
On November 2, 2006, Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire Stellent, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEL), a global provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software solutions, through a cash tender offer for $13.50 per share, or approximately $440 million. Stellent's best-of-breed ECM solutions encompass Document and Records Management, Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Imaging and Business Process Management, Information Rights Management, and Risk and Compliance. Stellent's products are rated as a leader by independent technology analyst firms including Gartner Group, Forrester Research, and IDC and have won a number of awards from leading technology and developer publications. The acquisition of Stellent will complement and extend Oracle's existing content management solution portfolio. The combination of Oracle and Stellent is expected to offer customers secure, reliable, and highly scalable content management solutions that meet the day-to-day needs of all users across the enterprise, while also delivering sophisticated ECM capabilities to professional users.

Next Steps for Stellent Partners
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Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
OPN Product Focus Areas:
Oracle Fusion Middleware - (OPN PFA Members Only)
Oracle Content Management - (OPN PFA Members Only)

More About Stellent and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Stellent Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).

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 November-06
Company
SPL WorldGroup
Available for Resale?
No.
Vertical product. Will be part of the new Utilities Global Business Unit on a separate price list.

Overview
With this acquisition, Oracle plans to deliver the most complete suite of end-to-end packaged revenue and operations management solutions for utilities to meet unique industry needs. Oracle and SPL have complementary products with a shared focus that information and adaptive business processes are keys to achieving corporate revenue and profitability goals. Oracle plans to accelerate the pace of innovation and integration of SPL's products. The strengths of SPL's solutions for utilities are planned to be combined with Oracle's industry leading database, middleware, and enterprise applications.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About SPL WorldGroup and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, SPL Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).
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 October-06
Company
Sunopsis
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Product appears on the Oracle Global Technology Price List as "Data Integrator."

Overview
On October 9, 2006, Oracle announced that we have acquired Sunopsis SA. Sunopsis is a leading provider of high-performance, cost effective data integration products for heterogeneous IT environments. Sunopsis' data integration products are built using next generation "Extract Load Transform (ELT)" architecture that offers superior performance and scalability in comparison to traditional ETL products. With the ELT architecture, data transformations take place within the source or target databases without the need for an ETL server. This results in higher performance and scalability along with easier maintenance for data integration solutions. Oracle and Sunopsis have complementary products with a shared focus on delivering the very best data integration products to our customers. Real-time information access, next-generation architectures and more mixed IT environments are driving increased requirements for sophisticated, fast, heterogeneous data integration solutions. We plan to incorporate Sunopsis' high-performance data integration technology into the Oracle Fusion Middleware product family and make it an integrated part of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Intelligence (BI), and Master Data Management (MDM) solutions from Oracle. Sunopsis products are optimized for heterogeneous IT environments and as part of Oracle's hot-pluggable middleware architecture, Oracle is committed to supporting Oracle and non-Oracle data sources and targets.

Next Steps for Sunopsis Partners
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Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
OPN Product Focus Areas:
Oracle Fusion Middleware - (OPN PFA Members Only)

More About Sunopsis and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Sunopsis Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).

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 October-06
Company
MetaSolv Software
Available for Resale?
No.
Vertical product. MetaSolv will fold into the Communications Global Business Unit.

Overview
On October 23, 2006, Oracle announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire MetaSolv Software, a recognized leader in service fulfillment operations support system (OSS) solutions for next-generation communications service providers. The transaction is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and is expected to close in late 2006 or early 2007. The acquisition further extends Oracle's leadership in the communications industry and creates an end-to-end packaged software suite for key communications industry processes, including Business Support Systems (BSS), Operational Support Systems (OSS), Service Delivery Platform (SDP) and enterprise applications.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation opportunities for partners.
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 August-06
Company
Sigma Dynamics
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Product appears on the Oracle Global Technology Price List as "Real Time Decisions".

Overview
Oracle has acquired the intellectual property assets of Sigma Dynamics, a leading provider of real-time predictive analytics technology. Sigma Dynamics' Real-time Decision software combines customer insight and business requirements to instantaneously make the best recommendation in each customer interaction and operational decision by intelligently adapting to continuously changing information. Key decision applications include real-time offer management, field service optimization, predictive call routing, and fraud detection. In combination with Oracle Business Intelligence Suite and Oracle Fusion Middleware, businesses will be able to leverage the insight contained in both historical and real-time data sources to drive better decisions in practically any situation.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
OPN Product Focus Areas:

More About Sigma Dynamics and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Sigma Dynamics Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).

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 June-06
Company
Demantra
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Appears on Oracle Global Technology Price List as "Demantra Demand Management" and "Demantra Predictive Trade Planning". Products have replaced Oracle Demand Planning. Also appears on JDE price list and Siebel Enterprise Edition price list.

Overview
On June 1, 2006, Oracle announced our agreement to buy Demantra, a leading global provider of demand-driven planning solutions. We expect the transaction to close in June 2006. Until such time, each company will continue to operate independently. Demantra is a best-in-class provider of demand management, sales and operations planning, and trade promotions management solutions. With this acquisition, Oracle plans to offer customers a compelling, comprehensive solution for the extended enterprise that enhances demand visibility with powerful analytics for more accurate demand-driven planning, forecasting, and modeling. With Demantra's proven demand chain solutions, and Oracle's leading technology infrastructure and existing ERP and supply chain applications, we plan to provide a seamless solution for the lean enterprise.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
OPN Product Focus Areas:

More About Demantra and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Demantra's Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).

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 June-06
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Company
Telephony@Work
Available for Resale?
Yes.
Telephony@Work product (Call Center Anywhere) has been added to the Siebel price list and is eligible for resale under the Siebel reseller program.

Overview
On June 13, 2006, Oracle announced we have acquired Telephony@Work, a leading provider of IP-based contact center technology, to further extend Oracle's On Demand and CRM applications offerings. With Telephony@Work, Oracle will become the first CRM applications provider to unify contact center technology and CRM software delivering a complete "customer to agent" experience. By extending CRM applications with multi-channel capabilities, our business customers will experience higher productivity while enhancing the customer experience. They will also experience a reduction in cost and complexity of integrating disparate CRM, analytics, and communications technologies. Whether deployed as a hosted or on-premise contact center solution, Telephony@Work and Oracle plan to deliver more cost-effective and flexible contact center solutions regardless of company size, locations or resources. We have experience in delivering an integrated solution as Oracle utilizes Telephony@Work's technology for Siebel Contact On Demand, our hosted contact center solution.

Partner Opportunity
Implementation and resale opportunities for partners.

For More Information
More About Telephony@Work and Oracle: Read more about the rationale for the acquisition, products, support for products and resources for partners.
Questions About the Acquisition, Telephony@Work Products and Your Transition To OPN? Review the Overview and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF).