M&A Deal Summary

Oracle Acquires Context Media

On July 15, 2005, Oracle acquired internet software and services company Context Media

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oracle’s 2nd transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Oracle’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oracle’s 1st transaction in Rhode Island.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-07-15
Target Context Media
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Oracle
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Context Media

Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Context Media, a leading provider of enterprise content integration (ECI) software, to extend Oracle Fusion Middleware and to complement the enterprise content management (ECM) capabilities in Oracle Collaboration Suite. We would like to welcome Context Media customers and partners to Oracle.

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Buyer

Oracle

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Software
Employees159,000
Revenue 53.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Oracle provides products and services that address corporate information technology (IT) environments including applications, platforms, and infrastructure. Oracle's products and services are available to customers via cloud computing or on-premises deployment models. Products include database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure software and hardware systems (Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, networking and industry specific products), along with support and related services. Oracle was formed in 1977 and is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 132
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 2 of 34
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 124
State (Rhode Island) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 7 of 114
Year (2005) 4 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-06-09 TimesTen

Mountain View, California, United States

TimesTen, Inc. provides real-time infrastructure software.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-07-18 ProfitLogic

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

ProfitLogic's software analyzes customer demand patterns to help retailers make inventory, pricing and merchandising decisions.

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