Comments on: Oracle buys private-cloud pioneer Nimbula http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/ Sun, 26 May 2013 02:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: fiskenator http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1320579 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:57:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1320579 Oracle got fleeced at any price on this purchase of Nimbula. Whoever made this buy decision at Oracle should be fired for lack of research. Nimbula lists 4 no-name customers on their website but actually have lost all but one ( a small Russian company that Nimbula
shares employees with)..

]]> By: Xalman Xhan http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1319708 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:24:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1319708 I thought 2012 was the year of acquisitions in the cloud market.. But I was wrong!

Now what I am thinking is, wasn’t Nimbula performing/growing well under the ex. management?

Anyways, cloud is the next big thing. 2013 is a year of battles (between big players), and a year for startups to grow their market shares. CIO magazine recently featured “Top 10 Cloud Startups” list.. And guess who got spotlighted? Find out: http://www.dincloud.com/blog/cio-magazine-top-10-cloud-startups-spotlight-dinCloud

]]> By: Dev http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1319682 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:23:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1319682 Article andout M&A and no information on the value? What sort of research is that?

Dev

]]> By: Antoine Hepburn http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1319657 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:53:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1319657 Nothing like a great insider’s account to understand what truly hides behind these acquisitions in the software industry.

To understand how IT companies use fraud, insider trading, manipulation, deceit, and various legal and accounting schemes as part of a corporate acquisition, I cannot recommend enough, “High-Tech Planet: Secrets of an IT Road Warrior” written by a former Oracle executive who saw it all. It is available on Amazon where you can read the first chapters for free.

It is a funny, brilliant and insightful account of what goes on behind the scenes at software companies. It describes in details these questionable practices. I got an education when I read it and from now on, as financial analyst, I am very wary of all the hype surrounding M&As

http://amzn.to/czf0qw

]]> By: Cloud Sam http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1319628 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:56:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1319628 fire. sale.

]]> By: Paul Lancaster http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1319605 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:27:34 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1319605 Bet Oracle got ‘em for a song.

]]> By: Scott Herson http://gigaom.com/2013/03/13/oracle-buys-private-cloud-pioneer-nimbula/#comment-1319599 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:12:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=619975#comment-1319599 There will be a lot more deals like this throughout 2013-14.

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