Oracle's purchase of NetSuite

When I read the news couple of days ago, I was interested in knowing why Oracle wants to buy NetSuite. Of course I guess there may be other reasons for this purchase.

I was interested in learning what unique features of NetSuite would make it attractive for a buyer. I just came across this site , http://gurussolutions.com/en/cloud-products/netsuite > which seems to answer this question.

Guru's site described the features why NetSuite would be desirable:

Efficient
Integrated
Visibility with good dashboards etc
Browser and mobile accessible from anywhere
Global
Adaptable and
Up to date with automatic upgrades with latest innovations

I did get the feeling that the same list things has been offered by other cloud vendors as well for quite some time. It just appeared to me like any other cloud vendor. I could be wrong, and perhaps I did not hit the right site to get answers.

Read more about NetSuite vis-a-vis Oracle buy

https://www.trustradius.com/products/netsuite/reviews

http://fortune.com/2016/09/07/t-rowe-price-vote-against-oracle-netsuite-deal/

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-earnings-clouded-by-netsuite-acquisition-uncertainty-2016-09-14


Video showing why BM Online chose NetSuite:

Microsoft may buy SalesForce

The trading of SalesForce halted briefly () this morning to get this news time to get digested.

My most read post on sys-con.com (http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1204167) was at the beginning when Microsoft challenged SalesForce. That was in the beginning of 2010. Microsoft was just beginning to feel around in the cloud. Much water has flowed.

Microsoft has grown leaps and bounds and at its recent Ignite event it is pushing out an unbelievable amount of stuff from its pipeline. With Windows 10 to debut in the near future it appears to be flexing its muscles.

Although both Amazon and Microsoft have made a lot of money from their cloud assets Amazon is perhaps still the nimble one, notwithstanding price wars. Microsoft has challenged the early starter Amazon.com (http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/3284432)in the Cloud arena, an arena that will expand enormously especially with the IOT taking off.

What better buy than SalesForce to make it the Cloud leader?

Hodentek believes that Microsoft will make a bid for SalesForce in the near future. Hodentek owns a miniscule number of Microsoft stocks.