Oracle to acquire AmberPoint

Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, has agreed to acquire AmberPoint, Inc., a provider of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) visibility, management and security software. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2010. Both the companies are based in the US.

Earlier, AmberPoint had secured venture funding from Crosslink Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Motorola Ventures and SAP Ventures.

Deal Type    Acquisition
Sub-Category Majority Acquisition
Deal Status  Announced: 2010-02-08

Deal Participants

Target (Company)   AmberPoint, Inc.
Acquirer (Company) Oracle Corporation

Deal Rationale

The acquisition enables Oracle to expand its Oracle Fusion Middleware's industry-leading SOA capabilities including Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle SOA Governance and Oracle Enterprise Manager accelerating the resolution of application performance and business transactions issues. It also enables Oracle to provide its customers with a comprehensive Oracle Fusion Middleware SOA offering that helps improve performance and reduce IT costs through end-to-end SOA management and business transaction management solutions.

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