Deals
SAP, Oracle Lead Contenders in Would-Be Salesforce Pursuit
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An acquisition of Salesforce.com Inc. would create disruption in the software market, Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Officer Safra Catz said last week at an event at her company’s headquarters.
Disruption is an understatement. Salesforce would give its owner an instant lead in customer relationship management software and greater depth in cloud computing. Aside from Oracle, the deal might make sense for SAP SE, International Business Machines Corp. or Microsoft Corp., all of which have sought to expand sales of Web-based software and services.