Since January 2005, Oracle has made 20 acquisitions. That’s about 1.11 acquisition per month on average, totalling $19.7 billion. Wow!

Here is the list in chronological order:

1. 2005 - January: PeopleSoft - enterprise management software. $11.1 billion.

2. 2005 - March: Oblix - identity management solutions. Undisclosed price.

3. 2005 - April: Retek - retailing software solutions. $701 million.

4. 2005 - June: TripleHop - context-sensitive enterprise search technology. Undisclosed price.

5. 2005 - June: TimesTen - real-time data management software. Undisclosed price.

6. 2005 - July: ProfitLogic - retailing software solutions. Undisclosed price.

7. 2005 - July: Context Media - enterprise content integration software. Undisclosed price.

8. 2005 - August: i-flex - banking software and services. $117 million.

9. 2005 - September: G-Log - logistics management software. Undisclosed price.

10. 2005 - October: Innobase - open source database technology. Undisclosed price.

11. 2005 - November: Thor Technologies - enterprise-wide user provisioning solutions. Undisclosed price.

12. 2005 - November: OctetString - virtual directory solutions. Undisclosed price.

13. 2005 - December: TempoSoft - workforce management software. Undisclosed price.

14. 2006 - January: 360Commerce - supply chain management software. Undisclosed price.

15. 2006 - January: Siebel - customer relationship management software. $6.1 billion.

16. 2006 - February: Sleepycat - open source database software. Undisclosed price.

17. 2006 - February: HotSip - communications infrastructure software. Undisclosed price.

18. 2006 - April: Portal Software - billing and revenue management solution. $220 million (transaction not yet closed).

19. 2006 - April: Net4Call - service delivery software. Undisclosed price.

20. 2006 - June: Demantra - demand-driven planning solutions. Undisclosed price (transaction not yet closed).

Who’s next? Only Larry knows.

Sources:
Oracle.com
MercuryNews.com

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