Adding to its portfolio of CRM solutions, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has entered into an agreement to acquire Responsys (NASDAQ: MKTG), a cloud-based email and social marketing company to be part of the Oracle Marketing Cloud. Under the terms of the deal Oracle will acquire the company for $27 per share in cash or approximately $1.5 billion, net of Responsys’ cash. This represents a 38% premium over its share price the day before the transaction. In response to the annoucement, Responsys shares climbed to $26.90 in morning trading. Oracle Corp.'s stock added 3 cents to $36.63.
Another "marketing cloud" acquisition. At some point companies will stop marketing to each other and start selling, supporting, and building things again...
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