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Brief: Oracle's NetSuite Acquisition Signals A Shifting ERP Landscape

Customers And Competitors Need To Pay Attention To The Implications Of A Proposed $9.3 Billion Deal

Paul D. Hamerman
 and  three contributors
Aug 08, 2016

Summary

On July 28, Oracle announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SaaS ERP provider NetSuite. At $9.3 billion, the deal is the largest SaaS acquisition to date. Application development and delivery professionals (AD&D pros) should look at this deal as a clear signal that the transition from on-premises ERP to SaaS is now mainstream. In this brief, we provide our analysis of what this deal means to the two companies, their customers, and their competitors in the market landscape for SaaS business applications.

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