M&A Deal Summary

Oracle Acquires GreenBytes

On May 15, 2014, Oracle acquired technology hardware company GreenBytes

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oracle’s 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Oracle’s 86th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oracle’s 2nd transaction in Rhode Island.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-05-15
Target GreenBytes
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Oracle
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Evercore Group (Financial)

Target

GreenBytes

Providence, Rhode Island, United States
GreenBytes, Inc. is a provider of ZFS technology with domain expertise in the areas of deduplication, replication, and virtualization.

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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 99 of 132
Sector (Technology Hardware) 3 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 92 of 124
State (Rhode Island) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 86 of 114
Year (2014) 3 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-24 BlueKai

Cupertino, California, United States

BlueKai is a cloud-based big data platform that enables companies to personalize online, offline and mobile marketing campaigns with richer and more actionable information about targeted audiences.

Buy $350M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-20 LiveLOOK

Matawan, New Jersey, United States

LiveLOOK is a provider for innovative visual sharing technologies used by companies to improve online customer service. The company offers a suite of cloud-based, universally-compatible, mobile-friendly customer collaboration solutions. Products include Co-Browse, a sales and customer service tool that allows company agents to instantly view a customer's screen; web-based Live Chat; Presenter, which launches instant screen sharing sessions for online presentations and collaboration; and Remote Support, a robust remote troubleshooting tool.

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